The U.S. technology skills gap : what every technology executive must know to save America's future / Gary J. Beach.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beach, Gary J., 1950-

Series:

Wiley CIO

CIO series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

High technology industries--United States.

High technology industries.

Labor supply--United States.

Labor supply.

Skilled labor--United States.

Skilled labor.

Vocational qualifications--United States.

Vocational qualifications.

Information technology--United States.

Information technology.

Science--Study and teaching--United States.

Science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (338 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2013]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Is a widening "skills gap" in science and math education threatening America's future? That is the seminal question addressed in The U.S. Technology Skills Gap, a comprehensive 104-year review of math and science education in America. Some claim this "skills gap" is "equivalent to a permanent national recession" while others cite how the gap threatens America's future economic, workforce employability and national security. This much is sure: America's math and science skills gap is, or should be, an issue of concern for every business and information technology executive in

Contents:

The U.S.Technology Skills Gap; Contents; CIOs Speak; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part One How Did We Get Here?; Chapter 1 1941: The Subject We Love to Hate; Math? Not for Me!; "Minimize the Effect of Schooling"; Young Adults with IQ's of Eight-Year-Old's; The Fall Continues; President Roosevelt Understands Science; An Opportunity Lost; Americans Still Hate Math and Science; Notes; Chapter 2 1945: Operation Paperclip; Nazis Hailed as "Outstanding" Scientists; Germany's Rocket Man; The Nazis Get to von Braun; Time Magazine Paints a Dim Picture of von Braun; America's Best Rocket: The Bazooka

Shipped to America America Had Space Technology before the Soviets; Germany Developed the Atomic Bomb First; Notes; Chapter 3 1950: Deming Says; Deming Has an Idea; The Lecture Series That Changed the Balance of the World Economy; Japan Embraces, America Ignores; Datsun's Arrive in Los Angeles; American Business Leaders Finally Listen; Lessons from Deming; Can Total Quality Management Fix the American Education System?; Notes; Chapter 4 1952: Boomerang; What It Means to Teach; A Teacher Shortage Exacerbates the Educational Challenges; Another Problem: Crumbling Infrastructure

Media Critiques Begin Back in the USSR; Boomers Perform Poorly on SAT's; Connecting the Dots; The Boomerang Theory; Notes; Chapter 5 1962: Too Hard to Follow; The Rationale for the Lunar Landing; Kennedy in His Own Words; "It's Just So Darn Hard"; Students: Math and Science Are Irrelevant; Culture Counts; Industry Leaders Offer Advice; Do Something about It; American Students Not Measuring Up; The Results, Please; How to Do Something; High School Seniors: No, Thank You; Perception Is Reality: The Importance of the Guidance Counselor; The STEM Pipeline Shrinks More in Higher Education

Putting Words in the President's Mouth Notes; Chapter 6 1962: Empires of the Mind; Did You Know?; The Shift Is On; The Components of Yuasa's Phenomenon; Fast Forward; Yuasa's Phenomenon Arrives in America in 1920; Youth Rules; Look to the East?; Three Patents to the Win; America's Innovation Ecosystem at Risk; Does It Work for You?; The World in 2050; Slip Sliding Away?; Survival Is Not Compulsory; Notes; Chapter 7 1963: SAT Down; The History of the SAT; Asleep at the Wheel for 14 Years; The College Entrance Examination Board Responds; More Competition for the SAT; Why the SAT Scores Dropped

How to Get 100 More SAT Points Too Much Mediocrity; Notes; Chapter 8 1976: Too Many Chiefs; A Tale of Two Documents; Keep It Local; The Great Society Era Ushers in Federal Involvement; ESEA: Not All Things Considered; Teacher Unions Create the U.S. Department of Education; Did I Really Promise That?; President Carter's Top 10 List; Eight Years Is Too Short; Reagan Shifts from Compliance to Competency; Bush Sets Voluntary Education Goals; Other Issues Get in the Way; Clinton Unsuccessfully Shifts Education Goals from Voluntary to Compulsory

No Child Left Behind Ushers in Compulsory Education Compliance

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781118660447

1118660447

9781118680704

1118680707

9781118660478

1118660471

OCLC:

829099216