White House Promotes National STEMM Equity Strategy
A graphic illustrating pillars of the STEMM Opportunity Alliance’s strategy for expanding the U.S. STEMM workforce.
(STEMM Opportunity Alliance / American Association for the Advancement of Science)
The White House held a summit last week to highlight a slate of actions by members of the STEMM Opportunity Alliance, which aims to increase workforce diversity in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine.
The American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Doris Duke Foundation formed the alliance last year, and it now consists of more than 200 nonprofits, companies, universities, and other non-federal institutions that the White House says have since committed more than $2 billion to “expanding opportunities in STEMM.”
The announcement coincided with the release of “STEMM Equity and Excellence 2050,” the alliance’s strategy for expanding the U.S. STEMM workforce by 20 million professionals by 2050, largely by increasing opportunities among underserved populations, reducing historical barriers to entry, and promoting science in schools and universities. (AIP is a member of the alliance.)
This news brief originally appeared in FYI’s newsletter for the week of May 6.
