Workshop: An Evidence-based Industry Perspective on STEM Education for the Future

该项目旨在通过进一步向高等教育领导者提供有关未来STEM工作所需技能的行业观点来服务于国家利益。该项目将集中在10年和以后的地平线。 它还将考虑先进的数字技术、工作行为和商业模式所推动的颠覆性变化。 这些变化深刻地影响着工作的性质、工作所需的技能和劳动力的构成。在许多行业中，最受欢迎的职业、专业和技能在五年或十年前并不存在。 变革的步伐可能会加快，并对未来劳动力如何获得和应用新技能产生巨大影响。 该项目将研究从行业角度对未来STEM教育的早期项目中出现的新研究问题。这些研究问题包括：1）由于COVID-19危机，行业对所需技能的看法发生了怎样的变化？2)行业招聘人员和招聘经理如何筛选STEM毕业生的专业和基础技能？3)从行业的角度来看，哪些学院/大学和课程/课程更符合当前和未来的行业需求？ 4)能否制定一套理想的课程/教学法属性？5）行业招聘人员如何使用徽章和证书来评估大学毕业生的工作准备情况？ 为了研究这些研究问题，该项目将在2021年秋季和冬季组织和举办四个虚拟研讨会。国际服务创新专业人员协会将与华盛顿大学合作执行该项目。ISSIP拥有1400多名代表多个行业部门，学术界和政府的成员，在进行这项研究方面具有独特的优势。通过提出基于证据的行业观点，该项目旨在进一步探索如何缩小本科教育和就业之间的差距，以确保国家在未来继续拥有一支蓬勃发展的STEM劳动力队伍。研讨会1将重点关注行业招聘过程：行业招聘人员和招聘经理如何筛选STEM毕业生的技术技能/基础技能？这又如何映射到大学的本科课程和/或教学大纲，他们在招聘新毕业生方面取得了最大和最小的成功？ 研讨会2将探讨行业对徽章和认证演变的看法。研讨会3将探讨行业对大学课程和最符合行业需求的课程体系的看法。 研讨会4将探讨行业对COVID-19对未来工作和学习的影响。NSF IUSE：EHR计划支持研究和开发项目，以提高所有学生的STEM教育的有效性。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This project aims to serve the national interest by further informing higher education leaders about industry perspectives concerning skills needed for STEM jobs of the future. The project will focus at a 10-year and beyond horizon. It will also take account of the disruptive changes driven by advanced digital technologies, work behaviors, and business models. These changes are profoundly affecting the nature of work, skills needed for work, and the composition of the workforce. In many industries, the most in-demand occupations, specialties, and skills did not exist five or ten years ago. The pace of change is likely to accelerate going forward and to have tremendous impacts on how the workforce of the future acquires and applies new skills. This project will examine the new research questions that emerged from an earlier project on the industry perspective on STEM education for the future. These research questions include: 1) How has industry perspective on needed skills changed because of the COVID-19 crisis? 2) How are industry recruiters and hiring managers screening STEM graduates for both specialized and foundational skills? 3) From industry perspective, which colleges/universities and curricula/pedagogies better align with current and future industry demand? 4) Can a set of desirable curriculum/pedagogy attributes be developed? and 5) How are industry recruiters using badges and certifications to assess job-readiness of college graduates? To examine these research questions, this project will organize and host four virtual workshops in fall and winter 2021. The International Society of Service Innovation Professionals (ISSIP), in collaboration with the University of Washington, will execute the project. With more than 1400 members representing multiple industry sectors, academia, and government, ISSIP is uniquely positioned to conduct this research. By presenting an evidence-based industry perspective, this project aims to further explore how to close the gap between undergraduate education and employment, to ensure the Nation continues to have a thriving STEM workforce in the future. Workshop 1 will focus on the industry hiring process: How are industry recruiters and hiring managers screening STEM graduates for technical skills/foundational skills? And how does that map to the undergraduate curricula and/or pedagogies of the universities with which they have had the most and least success hiring new graduates? Workshop 2 will examine industry perspectives on badging and evolution of credentialing. Workshop 3 will explore industry perspectives on university curricula and pedagogies that are best aligned with the needs of industry. Workshop 4 will examine the industry perspective on the impact of COVID-19 on the future of work and of learning. The NSF IUSE: EHR Program supports research and development projects to improve the effectiveness of STEM education for all students.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.