Why Career Education?
We need to increase student awareness and interest in science, technology
and math occupations, because:
- three health-related professions, and
- computer-related occupations
in the top four.
Computer and science-related
positions are projected to increase by 66 percent between 1996 and
2006. However, the percentage of students earning bachelor's and master's degrees
in science, technology and math has remained constant.
| Degrees in science or computer science |
1980 |
1990 |
1995 |
1996 |
| Bachelor's |
24% |
22% |
22% |
24% |
| Master's |
17% |
21% |
21% |
22% |
Statistical Abstract of the United States 119th ed., The National Data
Book, US Census Bureau, Washington D.C. 1999.
2. A 1992 study of 1,084 students in grades 2, 5, 8 and 11 found that:
- " ...students were relatively unknowledgeable about the range of
careers and necessary preparation for them; "
- girls were unlikely
to enroll in science courses without the decision to pursue a science
career;
- students' interest in science decreased as students got older.
Moffat, Nancy, et. Al., "Girls and Science Careers: Positive Attitudes
are not Enough", Arizona State University, March 1992. |
