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America's Future
Building Tomorrow's STEM Leaders, Today
Students 2 Science—a Model Program
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The Need Is Urgent
In Ranking, U.S. Students Trail Global Leaders
The U.S. is facing a national STEM crisis, fueled by a combination of an under-resourced STEM education system, a declining interest in STEM subjects among students, and a rapidly increasing global demand for a workforce highly skilled in STEM fields. The future of our national security and economic wellbeing is dependent on solving this crisis.
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0% Degrees in STEM 50%
China 41% of Degrees in STEM
India 26%
U.K. 22%
Japan 18%
Brazil 14%
U.S. 13%
Source:  "No Shortage of Talent." Accenture Institute for High Performance Analysis, 2011
S2S Programs Are the Solution
As a model program with demonstrated success meeting the needs of the public and private sectors, Students 2 Science (S2S) aims to inspire, motivate, and educate our nation's future STEM leaders by closing education, access, and opportunity gaps. We achieve this through cross-sector collaborations between businesses, institutions of higher education, district leadership, and workforce-readiness agencies while aligning STEM education with New Jersey’s and our nation's projected economic growth and global leadership.
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S2S Student

A classroom is like learning everything about a bike before you actually get to ride the bike, but with S2S, you're riding that bike right away.
— S2S Student

S2S Student

Even though I already had background of what I wanted to do, this just encouraged me more. And now that I want to go in the science field, I have prior knowledge from this experience.
— S2S Student

Dr. Mae Jemison

NASA Astronaut
We learn through experience. Our most profound learning opportunities happen when we experience something firsthand.
— Dr. Mae Jemison
NASA Astronaut

Mohammad Elalem

Senior Chemical Engineer
When you feel it with your hands and you see it with your eyes, it then makes sense, and it stays in your brain.
— Mohammad Elalem
Senior Chemical Engineer
Picatinny Arsenal

Nancy Deering

Ombudsman
It meets the needs of the public and private sectors because they're creating . . . potential workers that will take our economy and take the job market to different places.
— Nancy Deering
Ombudsman
Newark Public Schools
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