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Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) is one of the nation’s leading providers of healthcare services, a company comprised of locally managed facilities that includes about 162 hospitals and 112 freestanding surgery centers in 20 states and England and employing approximately 205,500 people. Employees play a critical role in helping HCA deliver high-quality care to its patients around the globe. To help employees and their immediate families who are experiencing financial hardships, the Executive Forum » Companies must play a vital role in STEM education
Posted on October 26th, 2011 by Bo Miller, Global Director, Corporate Citizenship, Dow Chemical Co.
Corporations’ futures are in jeopardy unless the STEM crisis is solved
Less than half of high school graduates are ready for college-level math and less than a third are ready for college-level science in the United States, according to the ACT’s Condition of College & Career Readiness report. The United States is clearly falling short in the areas of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education needed to produce the world-class talent that will be critical to fulfilling the requirements of the 21st-century workforce.
Revitalizing STEM education and increasing the number of students who choose STEM majors and careers is imperative for the future of the advanced manufacturing industry in the United States. Dow, like other companies dependent on a workforce proficient in science, technology, engineering, and math, has a responsibility to use our credibility, capabilities, and resources to make students, the workforce, and the economy stronger. Read the rest of this entry »
