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by ravjo 643 days ago
The included link returned a 404. Found this link to be working: https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2015/article/stem-crisis-or-ste...

Excerpts from it:

> Our central question is whether there is a “STEM crisis” or a “STEM surplus.” The answer is that both exist. Our analysis yields the following findings:

The STEM labor market is heterogeneous. There are both shortages and surpluses of STEM workers, depending on the particular job market segment.

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Viewed from that perspective, there is a 50% surplus with every graduating class.

According to the 2014 US census, 75% of STEM graduates were not doing STEM.