Abstract
The STEM skilled labour shortage is a global issue, 67% of U.S. jobs and 69% of the nation's GDP are supported by Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). The analysis conducted by FTI Consulting, [1], on behalf of 10 leading U.S. scientific, engineering and industry organizations including IEEE-USA, found that STEM supports an outsized share of the U.S. economy and produc…