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Sheril Kirshenbaum is Director of The Energy Poll at The University of Texas at Austin.
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Good Morning. My name is Marc. I served for twenty years as the director of applied research for the Texas Workforce Commission. My primary task there was identifying the the job skill requirements for emerging occupations to help curricul developers align the learning objectives to employability criteria. Since retiring from TWC, I’ve run a nonprofit research group to continue the effort to align the curriculum with employer-identified job skill requirements.
The specific focus of research tend to change in waves. In the early 1990s, it was on skills gaps in the IT sector. Then came biotech. Before retiring from TWC, I wrote a piece titled Green Collar Workers and Other Mythical Creatures.
The topic du jour for workforce and education research (Labor, Ed, NFS, etc.) is STEM – the holy quadrangle of Science, Math, Engineering and Technology. Current thinking treats STEM as a binary classification: STEM vs not-STEM. However, inn my research, I am finding that all jobs are becoming more STEM-intensive. I am trying to persuade analysts to treat STEM as a continuous variable and STEMing as a verb – as in “all jobs are in the process of STEMing.” (I did the same with respect to IT and green jobs… that both domains involved degrees of intensity (e.g., shades of green) rather than dichotomous distinctions.
The multidisciplinary approach you’ve taken to various science-related topics seems to complement mine. I would be interested in exploring opportunities for collaboration.
Marc Anderberg
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