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Through key partnerships, the Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas are fostering a STEM leadership pipeline that is long overdue in the world.
Growing the Texas STEM Workforce
Research shows that girls are keenly interested in STEM and excel at it. Yet, for a variety of reasons, girls often don’t pursue STEM—starting as early as elementary school. The proof is in the numbers. There are currently 715,000 vacant STEM positions available in Texas, but 57% of middle and high school girls in Texas don’t consider a career in STEM. The STEM Center of Excellence is looking to change that.
Texas Instruments and Ericsson partnered with the Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas to not only help build the STEM Center of Excellence, but to leverage its workforce and provide volunteers and mentors to foster the STEM leadership pipeline in the state.
Building Confidence and Inspiring Excellence
Women make up more than 50% of the population, but hold only 24% of STEM jobs. The Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas partnered with Texas Instruments to start changing this national statistic and fill the STEM pipeline.
As part of Ericsson’s commitment to have women make up 30% of their workforce by 2020, they joined this partnership and now the STEM Center of Excellence serves more than 25,000 girls across a 32 county region.
A Foundation for Change
Male students are about 8 times more likely than female students to say that they plan to pursue a career in STEM even though research shows that girls are interested in, and excel, at it. The Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas are on a mission to change the perception of STEM careers and provide opportunities for girls to see themselves in these roles.
The Solar Preparatory School for Girls and the Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas are changing the face of the STEM workforce pipeline in the state to meet the urgent need for female voices, engagement, and leadership in the fastest growing sector of the U.S. economy.
