A National Need
The Michigan YES! Expo takes place at a pivotal time in attracting Michigan youth to science and engineering education. According to American Scientist, "between 1975 and 1999, the US slipped from third to fourteenth place in the proportion of twenty-four-year-olds holding science and engineering degrees." Furthermore, "between 1985 and 2000, the number of baccalaureate degrees in science, technology, engineering, and math fell by 18.6 percent."
As a result, there are not going to be enough skilled practitioners, scientists, and educators to fill the growing number of occupations in science and engineering. Besides these trends, minorities and women are also vastly underrepresented in all areas of engineering and science.
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