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Josh Thomases, NYC Department of Education

. 4RACE IS A PREDICTOR OF COLLEGE AND CAREERREADINESSA college and career ready racial gap for males exists at all 8th grade ELA proficiency levels Percent of Males achieving College Readiness in 2010 after 4 Years of High School* Grade 8 ELA Proficiency Level (2006) *College Readiness as defined by APM “English/Math APM” (Aspirational Performance Measures) which includes students who scored 80 or higher on a Regents examination in mathematics and 75 or higher on the English Regents examination. Totals reflect data available at the time of reporting provided by NYSED; August graduate data available

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Irving Pressley McPhail, NACME

Dr. Irving Pressley McPhailPresident and Chief Executive OfficerBreakfast, Keynote and Panel Sponsored by Exxon Mobil Tuesday, April 16, 2013 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. New York, NY 2Engineers Of Tomorrow 3 The “New” American Dilemma The relative absence of AfricanAmericans, American Indians, and Latinos in STEM study and careers, and the requirement to reverse this situation tobetter compete globally, is what we refer to as the “New” American Dilemma. 4 What Is NACME?Our Mission To ensure American competitiveness in a flat world by leading and supporting the national effort to

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2013 EDI

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Habib Kairouz, Rho Capital Partners; Somak Chattopadhyay, Tribeca Venture Partners

for startup tech leadership  Knowledge of agile software development techniques  Thinking architecturally -how decisions impact UX, scalability  Recruiting/managing/retaining engineers  Communicating with non-tech business leaders or investors  How do you translate business requirements into roadmap  How do you make case for key product decision by communicating business value vs. technical mumbo jumbo or focusing on features?  Understanding startup career paths– sales, prod mgmt., CTO, as well as career progression/comp (what are stock options, how is startup wealth created?) Why are there not more programs focused on engineering practice school like those that exist at MIT/Stanford

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University of Wisconsin-Stoutq  Founded  (1891)  q  Malcolm  Baldrige  Award  (2001)  q  UW  System  Polytechnic  designaBon  (2007)     q  Career  focus   q  Applied  learning   q  Collabora3on    q  Colleges  reorganized  (2008)    q  45  undergraduate/23  graduate  degree  programs  q  Over  11,000  students  q  780+  students  in  500+  co-­‐op  sites  q  97.9%  graduate  employment  rate       Discovery Center: UW-Stout’s Gateway to Applied Research and Technical Assistanceq  Launched  (2009)  with  endowment  support  to:     q  Advance  applied  research,  innova3on  and   interdisciplinary  collabora3on   q  Solve  industry  challenges  through  contract