STEM

BHEF Members Meet with White House Officials to Discuss Innovation in Industry-Higher Education Relationships

BHEF Launches National Undergraduate STEM Partnership and Presents Open Letter to the President

Washington, DC (June 14, 2012) — Business-Higher Education Forum (BHEF) members met with key Administration officials Tuesday at the White House, where they presented BHEF’s National Undergraduate STEM Partnership Strategy and Regional Workforce Projects.

BHEF Convenes Second STEM Workforce Modeling Workshop with the U.S. Office of Naval Research

Arlington, VA (May 10, 2012) — The Business-Higher Education Forum (BHEF) sponsored a workshop Tuesday focused on adapting the BHEF U.S. STEM Education Model® into a powerful system dynamics tool to help the U.S. Navy meet its STEM workforce challenges. This ongoing effort is part of a grant awarded to BHEF by the U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR) to help the U.S.

Business-Higher Education Forum adds its name to mission-critical STEM conference

Washington, DC (April 25, 2012) —America needs a workforce skilled in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), and a notable group of companies and organizations is uniting to ensure that the nation gets the message. This summer, thousands of education, policy, and industry thought leaders will convene in Dallas, Texas for STEM Solutions 2012, a groundbreaking leadership summit that will

BHEF Receives $400,000 in Grants to Support its STEM Higher Education and Workforce Project

Northrop Grumman Corporation, Science Applications International Corporation, Washington University in St. Louis, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation provide foundational support for new project

Washington, DC (January 31, 2012) — The Business-Higher Education (BHEF) announced today that it has received grants from three of its members—Northrop Grumman Corporation ($150,00), Science Applications

BHEF Receives Multi-year Grant from U.S. Office of Naval Research to Use System Dynamics Modeling to Strengthen the STEM Pipeline; Convenes Modeling Workshop at Carderock Naval Surface Warfare Center

Grant will support identifying and piloting strategies to increase the number of STEM-capable workers

Washington, DC (January 5, 2012) — The Business-Higher Education Forum (BHEF) has been awarded a $401,639 grant by the U.S.

BHEF to Partner on Strategies to Increase Student Retention in STEM Fields and Align STEM Higher Education to Workforce Needs

BHEF launches STEM Higher Education and Workforce Project

Washington, DC (November 2, 2011) — Graduating students with the knowledge and skills needed to drive innovation and fill high-tech jobs will be crucial to maintaining the nation’s security and economic leadership.

BHEF releases new model and case study on education & workforce "Learn and Earn" partnership

Washington, DC (September 30, 2011) — The Business-Higher Education Forum (BHEF) has released a new system dynamics model designed to explore the effect of employer and postsecondary education partnerships, also known as "Learn and Earn" programs, on workforce outcomes, along with a case study describing the project.

BHEF Partners with AAU on Five-Year Initiative for Improving Undergraduate STEM Education

Washington, DC (September 14, 2011) — The Association of American Universities (AAU) announced today that it will undertake a five-year initiative on undergraduate teaching in STEM fields, particularly focused on the first two years of college.

BHEF Highlights Importance of Industry Leadership at GW STEM Event

Says business is key to accelerating the pace of change in STEM education

Washington, DC (April 7, 2011) — Business-Higher Education Forum (BHEF) Executive Director Brian K.

BHEF Signs Letter Urging Senate to Prioritize, Fund R&D and STEM Education Programs

Washington, DC (March 10, 2011) — The Business-Higher Education Forum (BHEF) has signed on to a letter by the Tapping America’s Potential (TAP) coalition that calls on Senate leaders to prioritize and support strong funding of basic scientific research and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education programs in this resource constrained environment, underscoring that such

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