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Creating a Globally Competitive Workforce

Glenn Walters

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Overview

 Global Competitive Situation  United States Status  New Mexico – Case for Action  New Mexico Higher Education Institutions  New Mexico K - 12  New Mexico Community

Quality Embedded

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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 51st of 142 countries (M & S)

 Higher Education 26th 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)

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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 11th 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

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SINGAPORE

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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

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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

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New Mexico – Federal Picture

 Research Dollars Three Times US Average,

• ver $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%

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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

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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

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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)

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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

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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

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What is This?

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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,

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Spaceport America

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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.”

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For More Information

Phone: 505-710-6350 E-mail: gwenterp@msn. com

Glenn Walters