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Sol L. Fontana's engineering degree got him to Disney World. The Puerto Rico native came to the United States to pursue a master's degree in industrial engineering and, after earning his advanced engineering degree, he landed a job in attractions support. After working in areas such as costuming and Disney resorts, Fontana went on to work at Disney Cruise Lines, where he has been designing the new cruise ships, the Disney Dream and Disney Fantasy, scheduled to launch in 2011 and 2012.
Fontana is a Great Minds in STEM role model, intended to help spur interest in science, technology, engineering and math degrees. It's industrial engineers like him who help "Imagineers" determine the capacity, use and wait times for rides, according to a film from the organization. Industrial engineers at Disney's Hollywood Studios theme park in Orlando, Florida, worked with members of the band, Aerosmith, on music for the Rock 'n' Roller Coaster, where guests watch the band rehear se and then embark on a stretch limo roller coaster ride to get to their "concert." Disney's industrial engineers also make sure there are enough buses, monorails and watercraft, as well as routes, to transport guests around the property without long wait times, the film shows.
The non-profit Great Minds in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) is one of several organizations throughout the country that works to encourage participation in these subject areas among communities that have a smaller representation. NASA is another. African-Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans and people with disabilities are among those who are underrepresented, National Science Board information in an annual report from NASA's Science Engineering Mathematics and Aerospace Academy suggests.
Students in science, technology, engineering and math fill vital jobs and serve as the great thinkers the United States needs to be a global technology and innovation leader, a ccording to the Academy. International studies, however, have shown that the United States ranks 28th in terms of math literacy among 15-year-olds, 24th in science literacy within this same age group and 20th in proportion to the 24-year-olds earning degrees in natural science and engineering, according to a 2008 Congressional Research Service report.
If women and minorities participated in the science and engineering workforce in proportion to what they comprise in the general population, the United States wouldn't have a talent gap, information in NASA's Science Engineering Mathematics and Aerospace Academy annual report contends. "The key is to get women and minorities interested in STEM careers by finding innovative solutions...," Charles H. Britt was quoted as saying in a March edition of the Network Journal magazine for black professionals. Britt is founder and executive director for the non-profit, Washington, D.C.-based Center for Minority Achievement that work s in part to identify and assist with expanding educational opportunities to increase minority enrollment in science, technology, engineering and math studies and increase graduation rates in these same areas.
NASA's Academy works specifically to increase STEM participation on a continuous basis among underrepresented students in the K-12 levels. The program has bases at community colleges, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic Serving Institutions, Tribal Colleges and Universities, and science centers and museums, as well as K-12 schools. In Florida in the Miami-Dade area, inner-city youngsters who participated in the program at one point worked with mechanics and instructors to build a single engine airplane, build and launch model rockets and more, the Academy report shows.
Some have referred the focus on primary grades as a STEM careers "pipeline," which might be particularly important when it comes to Hispanics and blacks. The National Scien ce Board earlier this year released a report forecasting that college and university enrollment is expected to increase from what was 18.7 million students in fall 2006 to 20.1 million in 2017. The percentage of blacks, Hispanics and other racial groups enrolling in college projected to increase into 2017, according to the report, while the number of white student enrollments decreases to 61 percent.
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I've never heard of science accounting and I'm a CPA.
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It could mean that Accounting is a Social Science that requires one to have a particular skill. A skill that can only be garnered and learned first in school and then practical application in the real world.
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