The Somerset County Business Partnership has announced that the July Fifth Friday Friars Public Policy Luncheon on Friday, July 31 will feature professor Robert W. Burchell and senior fellow Larry Burrows, who led the Bloustein School’s graduate studio that produced “Somerset County Development Opportunities: A Millennial Perspective.” The study, researched and authored by millennials, was undertaken to develop an understanding of the potential for Somerset County to become a place attractive to this important generation.
STEM Pathways are a Two-Way Street, Not a “Leaky Pipeline”
A new article in the Journal for STEM Education Research challenges the longstanding “leaky pipeline” narrative that has shaped U.S. education and workforce policy for decades. The article, “Reconceptualizing College STEM Pathways: Is ‘Leaving STEM’ the Problem?”, was...