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Business-Higher Education Forum, 2020
With funding from the National Science Foundation in 2014, the Business-Higher Education Forum (BHEF) launched a five-year project to demonstrate the efficacy of regional ecosystems of community colleges, four-year higher education institutions, and STEM-driven business in facilitating the retention and persistence of students in STEM fields. This…
Descriptors: STEM Education, School Business Relationship, Community Colleges, Colleges
Business-Higher Education Forum, 2020
This report demonstrates the power of business-higher education partnerships to create new kinds of STEM pathways that provide educational opportunity and economic mobility for underrepresented students. With funding from the National Science Foundation in 2014, the Business-Higher Education Forum (BHEF) launched a five-year project to demonstrate…
Descriptors: STEM Education, School Business Relationship, Community Colleges, Colleges
Committee for Economic Development of The Conference Board, 2015
Fewer than 40 percent of Americans have a college degree. As the economy grows ever more dependent on a highly skilled workforce, this statistic speaks volumes about the future prosperity of the nation and its least-advantaged members. It also raises a critical question: What is being done to improve the educational attainment of the workforce?…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, School Business Relationship, Employees, Skill Development