Creating a Globally Competitive Workforce Glenn Walters 1 - PDF document

Creating a Globally Competitive Workforce Glenn Walters 1 Overview  Global Competitive Situation  United States Status  New Mexico – Case for Action  New Mexico Higher Education Institutions  New Mexico K - 12  New Mexico Community 2 Quality Embedded 1

Global Competitive Situation  Explosive demand for STEM Skills  Alternative Energy  Aging Population  Consumption in Emerging Markets  Growth Expected to Double Other Employment  Talent Grab – 650,000 new jobs by 2018 – degrees 70%  Higher Education – US 51 st of 142 countries (M & S)  Higher Education 26 th Public Education 37th  Producers of STEM Graduates  US, ________, & Japan (largest developed economies) =  China, India & _______ (largest emerging economies) =  US – 12.5% China 41% (Aspires Gold and Nobel) 3 Global Competitive – What County?  World’s Fourth Leading Financial Center  World’s Third Highest Per Capita Income  Over 40% of Population are Immigrants  Four Official Languages  Ranked as Second Freest Economy in World  World’s Highest Trade -to-GDP Ratio = 407.9%  World’s 11 th Largest Foreign Reserves  One of World’s top Three Oil Refining Centers  World’s Largest Oil -Rig Producer  World’s Highest % of Millionaires (1 of every 6 households)  Rated as one of the Least Corrupt Countries in the World  Unemployment about 2%  Students Consistently Rank in the Top Five in the World  Students Ranked First in 2011 Trends in International Math & Sciences  Perhaps Most Respected Colleges of Education in the World  Has Less than 0ne- Tenth of One Percentage of World’s Population 4 2

SINGAPORE 5 United States Status  Presidential Efforts  Race to the Top – “competitive preference”  $250 million for Math & Science Teachers  Common Core  Annual Cap of H-1B Visas – 65,000 to 124,000 6 3

US – Assets for Innovation  Large Country with Natural Resources and Barrier-Free Internal Market  Political Culture – Freedom, Democracy and Rule of Law  Economic Culture Rewards Entrepreneurship, Openness to Change, Willingness to take and Reward Risk  Growing and Diverse Population  Historic Commitment to Education  Ecosystem of Public and Private Research 7 New Mexico – Federal Picture  Research Dollars Three Times US Average, over $2 Billion Annually, $1,232 per Capita  Sandia National Laboratory  Los Alamos National Laboratory  Department of Energy  Kirtland, Holloman & Cannon Air Force Bases  White Sands Missile Range  VA Clinical Trials  Many Others  Total R & D as a Share of GSP is 8% 8 4

New Mexico – Case for Action  14% of State Funding  I & G Funding Formula  SEPARATE SLIDES  Workforce  Higher Education as Economic Driver  Align Production to Need  Legislative Lottery Scholarship  82,619 since 1996, Merit 2.5 GPA, Others  Going to College vs Staying in College  Remediation  Achievement Gap – Numerous 9 Higher Education Institutions  University of New Mexico  STEM Education Outreach Program  STEM Gateway Program  Numerous Programs  New Mexico State University  Alliance for Minority Participation - Doubled  Engineering Integrated Learning Community  Project Lead the Way  New Mexico Tech  Central New Mexico CC – STEM UP 10 5

K - 12  BRIDGE – Early College High Schools -5- $500,000  GEARUP STEM Grant  Robotics  Advanced Placement  $1 million College Board Last Week  $750,000 from State (increased by $250,000)  Dual Credit  Rio Rancho HS one of 487 Schools part of Google’s Advanced Placement STEM Access Program  ASK Academy (Charter School in Rio Rancho) 11 Community  Intel  www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/education/in tel-in-education  Innovate Educate  www.innovate-educate.org  www.theinnovationintake.com/latest-issue  www.stemconnector.org  New Mexico Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) http://nmepscor.org Over $80 million 12 6

Community Continued  New Mexico STEM Database http://nmstemed.org/  New Mexico MESA – Hands-On Learning  71% Minority Students, 6-12 Grades  Only 8% Required Remediation  Only MESA Program to Offer Cash Awards  ENLACE  GUTS (Growing Up Thinking Scientifically)  TechGYRLS – YMCA  STEM Sisters 13 What is This? 14 7

Spaceport America  First Purpose-Built Commercial Spaceport  $209 Million – New Mexico Spaceport Authority  Twenty-some Years in Development, Over Dozen Launches  Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic – 20 Year  First Commercial Passenger Spaceline Company  Vertical and Horizontal Takeoffs – 10,000 Foot  White Knight Two is Mother-Craft - 50,000 Feet  SpaceShip Two – 70 miles – 2,000 mph  2 ½ Hour Suborbital Trips  3 Days Pre-Flight Preparation  February 2011 – Over 400 Reservations - $50 mil  Annual X Prize, Space X, 15 Spaceport America 16 8

SUMMARY  Lots of Competition  US Position Good but Slipping  Education System  STEM Interest and Value  Thoughtful Approach  Multi Faceted  Start NOW! “I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.” 17 For More Information Phone: 505-710-6350 E-mail: gwenterp@msn. com 18 Glenn Walters 9