STEM Workforce Assessment & Evaluation
As a growing number of our nation’s current scientific minds edge closer to retirement, workforce studies, and labor trends show a critical need to replace workers with those who are able to compete in the global science, technical, and research fields. To address these needs, ORAU partners with government agencies and private industry to connect the best and most diverse students, recent graduates, and professionals with world-class fellowships, internships, and jobs in research institutions, federal government offices, and private sector R&D departments.
Research partnerships exist in the areas of STEM workforce assessment and evaluation. Our experts conduct comprehensive formative, summative, and annual evaluations for STEM-related programs. ORAU’s evaluators and education specialists also perform long-term, follow-up impact evaluations of STEM workforce programs.
Research focus areas
- Estimating future hiring needs and adequacy of supply of new graduates in STEM occupations
- Applied research on specialized STEM labor markets
- Measuring national and regional impacts of workforce programs by establishing comparison groups from large national surveys of the U.S. STEM workforce
- Program/project survey instrument development and validation
- Undergraduate research experiences
- Economic impact of science enterprise
- Human capital and workforce modeling
- Research on the use of classroom technologies and technology training for teachers
