Conference Session

College-Industry Partnerships Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Dylan John, Georgia Southern University; Yunfeng Chen, Georgia Southern University; Shahnam Navaee, Georgia Southern University; Weinan Gao, Georgia Southern University

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

practitioners’ perspective on skills required for success inSTEM industry professions. Literature review and industry reports indicate that there is anexisting gap in the skills acquired by students in STEM majors and the industry expectations ofskills. A mismatch in the skills possessed by graduates could result in longer learning curves anddecreased employee productivity. The objective of this study is to identify the most importantskills desired by industry from college graduates in STEM related fields and add new perspectiveon STEM education curriculum improvement. The study used a mixed method of bothqualitative and quantitative approaches to develop a list of STEM skill indicators and factors.The list of 20 skills was initially identified through