Business Higher Education Forum Presents at NASA Conference
Pre-Launch Education Conference:
Innovative Strategies for Cultivating the STEM Workforce
BHEF Executive Director Brian Fitzgerald served as a panelist at NASA's Pre-Launch Education Conference.
Panel Title: Trends and Issues in Elementary – Secondary Education
Panel Summary: America needs to attract and retain more students to STEM disciplines. This session will address issues and trends in this area including, pre-service and in-service teacher preparation, the value of real world activity in the classroom, business perspectives on STEM teachers, and changes needed in schools of the future.
Panel Date & Time: Monday, August 6. 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM
Panel Participants:
Dr. Brian Fitzgerald
Executive Director
Business-Higher Education Forum
Dr. Lee V. Stiff
Department of Math, Science, and Technology Education
North Carolina State University
Holly Mentillo
NEAT Teacher
Tom Venezio
Vice President
International Center for Leadership in Education
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» August 11, 2010
Business-Higher Education Forum Statement on the Survival of BHEF Member and EADS North America CEO Sean O’Keefe
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» August 10, 2010
President Obama Cites Need to Restore U.S. Leadership in Higher Education; Names Three BHEF Member-Led Universities for Cost-Controlling Efforts. Calls on all college and university presidents to follow their example.
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» June 24-25, 2010
BHEF welcomed its members to Washington, DC for its summer meeting on June 24-25, 2010. Members heard from senior representatives of the Obama Administration on challenges and opportunities for education reform in upcoming reauthorization efforts and the challenges confronting long-term U.S. sustainability that demand strengthened STEM education.