Deseret News — America is facing a shortage of workers in the STEM fields — science, technology, engineering and math — at least according to popular wisdom and belief. But an emerging group of critics is arguing that the STEM shortage may not be nearly as bad as popular sentiment has made it out to be, if it even exists at all.
In a recent article in IEEE Spectrum magazine, Robert Charette, president of ITABHI Corp., a consulting firm focused on business and technology risk management, contends “the STEM crisis is a myth.”
“Even as the Great Recession slowly recedes, STEM workers at every stage of the career pipeline, from freshly minted grads to mid- and late-career Ph.D.s, still struggle to find employment… [Read More]
