SY Yoon, J Strobel - 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, 2016 - peer.asee.org

Trends in Texas High School Students' Enrollment in STEM Courses for Career and Technical Education (Fundamental).

Stem career programs

Strobel, Yoon

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Excerpt

While the demand for motivated students to enter STEM fields is at its highest, high school seniors' interest in and readiness for pursuing these careers have been sluggish (ACT, 2006). The largest impact on STEM entrance is reported to be intent to major in STEM, which is directly affected by 12th-grade math achievement and exposure to math and science courses. In the context of Texas, House Bill 5 signifies a major policy shift requiring now entering high school students to choose an endorsement, STEM being one of them and so …