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67th Annual Meeting of the ORAU Council of Sponsoring Organizations
Steve Barkanic
Senior Director of STEM Policy & Programs
[email protected]
March 14, 2012
BHEF Overview
Founded in 1978, BHEF leaders work together to advance solutions
to our nation’s most significant educational challenges to enhance
U.S. competitiveness
• Diverse Membership
 Fortune 500 CEOs and senior executives
 University presidents
 Select government and foundation leaders
• Long History of Member-Led Initiatives
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Business-university research collaboration
Diversity
College readiness, access and success
STEM
Workforce
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STEM Higher Education & Workforce Project
Goals: Through a strategy of regional pilots influencing national policy
and practice, the project aims to address workforce needs by:
1. Increasing STEM student persistence, particularly women and
underrepresented minorities
2. Deepening STEM learning and relevance with a focus on the first two
years of college
3. Increasing the alignment of undergraduate STEM education and degree
production with government and industry workforce needs, with a focus
on high-demand STEM fields
4. Developing a national network to scale evidence-based practices and
influence broader policy through collaborations among government, and
business and higher education association members
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Project Engagement Model
BHEF/BHEF
Members
External
Collaborators
(AAU, AIA, APLU,
BISEC)
Key Government
Agencies
Regional Pilots
Data Analysis
Modeling
Influence
Policy/Practice
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STEM Project Strategy and Sample Products
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Regional Strategy
• Focus on the First Two Years of College
• Create 8 – 10 Unique, Sector-Focused Regional Pilots
– Directly align with local workforce needs
– Developing new STEM educational models, e.g. cyber teaching hospital, PSM
• A Menu of Research-Based Interventions:
– Earlier Internships
– Redesigned courses and new teaching methods focused on active student
learning
– Undergraduate mentoring and career guidance by STEM professionals
– Cohort and team learning experiences, themed residential communities, STEM
competitions, and other enriched supports
– Cognitive tutors
• Pilots Serve as Central Hubs
– Serve as inputs to the U.S. STEM Education Model 2.0
– Create a network for scaling and exporting learning
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Regional Strategy: Potential Partners & Sites
Wisconsin:
University of
Wisconsin
System
Maryland:
University System of
Maryland; SAIC; BAE
Systems; Battelle
Memorial Institute;
EADS; Northrop
Grumman Corporation;
Office of Naval
Research
California:
3 sites—San
Francisco area;
mid-coast;
southern CA
various
partners
Nebraska:
University of
Nebraska; Union
Pacific; Peter
Kiewit (global
engineering)
Ohio:
Battelle Memorial
Institute; The Ohio State
University; Case
Western Reserve
University; GE
Missouri:
Washington
University in St.
Louis; Boeing;
Monsanto
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National Strategy
Potential Partners
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Aerospace Industry of America
American Society for Engineering Education
Association of American Universities
Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities
National Defense Industry Association
TechNet
Professional Societies, US Chamber; Business Roundtable; Others
Potential Activities
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National examination of postsecondary STEM and workforce alignment
Learning from regional pilots to inform the national strategy and engage with
state and federal government
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Key Takeaways
BHEF’s Member Universities and Companies are:
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Focusing on the first two years of undergraduate and graduate Professional
Science Masters (PSM)
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Collaborating through regional projects to meet local STEM workforce
needs, e.g. cyber security
Developing ‘Game-Changing’ Educational Models
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Professional Science Masters (PSM)
Cyber Security Teaching Hospital
Building a Network of Networks
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Replicate outcomes from regional projects nationally
U.S. STEM Education Model 2.0 will show key leverage points
Align national industry and academic partners to benefit from large
memberships
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For additional information:
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BHEF STEM Higher Education and Workforce Project:
http://bhef.com/solutions/stem/hewp.asp
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BHEF STEM Research and Policy Series:
http://www.bhef.com/publications/research-briefs.asp
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BHEF’s U.S. STEM Education Model:
http://forio.com/simulate/bhef/u-s-stem-education-model/overview/
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BHEF’s Online Resource Center: www.StrategicEdSolutions.org
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