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Air Force-wide needs for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) academic degrees / Lisa M. Harrington, Lindsay Daugherty, S. Craig Moore, Tara L. Terry.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Harrington, Lisa M., author.
- Daugherty, Lindsay, author.
- Moore, S. Craig, 1946- author.
- Terry, Tara L., author.
- Series:
- Research report (Rand Corporation) ; RR-659-AF
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.
- Science.
- Engineering--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.
- Engineering.
- Technical education--United States.
- Technical education.
- Mathematics--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.
- Mathematics.
- Manpower planning--United States.
- Manpower planning.
- United States. Air Force--Airmen--Education (Higher).
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xx, 117 pages) : color illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, 2014.
- Summary:
- This report documents research examining requirements across all Air Force functional areas for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)-degreed officers and officerequivalent civilians. It documents current STEM requirements, classifies disciplines as STEM or non-STEM, summarizes the prevalence of STEM degrees in the current officer-level workforce, and presents STEM requirements gathered from Air Force career field managers (CFMs) through a structured interview process. Based on the study findings, this report makes recommendations for improvements to the determination, documentation, and projection of STEM degree requirements.
- Contents:
- Introduction and background
- Definitions, data, and methodology
- Results
- Career-field STEM consultants
- STEM skills and critical thinking
- Future needs
- 2002 scientist and engineer summer study
- Conclusions and recommendations
- Appendices.
- Notes:
- "The research reported here was ... conducted within the Manpower, Personnel, and Training Program of RAND Project AIR FORCE"--Preface
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