2021-2025
      STEM Education Plan 
      Oregon STEM Investment Council
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                               EDUCATION 
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                             EDUCATION 
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                              COMMISSION
                          Oregon STEM Investment Council
                                 3225 25th Street SE 
                                  Salem, OR 97302 
                                 Office: 503-947-5670 
                                  Fax: 503-378-5156
                                                       Oregon STEM Investment Council Members   www.oregon.gov/highered  |  1
             Oregon STEM Investment Council
              VOTING MEMBERS                                 ADVISORY MEMBERS
             Stefan Bird                                     Yolanda Coleman 
             Pacific Power (Council Chair)                   Quatama Elementary School
             Beth Alcouloumre                                Melissa DuBois 
              Trillium Engineering                           South Metro-Salem STEM Partnership
             Marcelino Alvarez                               Preston Eagleheart 
             Fresh Consulting                                Cayuse Technologies, LLC
             Herb Fricke                                     Andy Grzeskowiak 
             Akana                                           Siuslaw School District
             Rita Hansen                                     Jessica Howard 
             Onboard Dynamics                                Chemeketa Community College
             Marv Nelson                                     Katrina Hull 
             A-dec                                           McKay High School
             Lisa Powell                                     Andrew Lattanner 
             Providence St. Joseph Health                    Portland Community College, Oregon 
             Nikki Salenger,                                 Manufacturing Innovation Training Center
             Intel                                           Nagi Naganathan 
             Paul Stewart                                    Oregon Institute of Technology
             Sky Lakes Medical Center                        Susan Shugerman 
                                                             Oregon Health & Science University
                                                             Kyle Ritchey-Noll 
                                                             Oregon Business Council
                                                             Cara Snow 
                                                             Technology Association of Oregon
                                                             Lela Thieme 
                                                             Pilot Rock Middle School
                                                             Tong Zhang 
                                                             Oregon MESA 
      2  | 2021-2025 STEM Education Plan   www.oregon.gov/highered
      Table of Contents
      STEM EDUCATION VISION FOR OREGON .......3
      EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .............................................5
       Context .............................................................................5
       Goals  ................................................................................5
       Priority Strategies for 2021-2023 .................................6
      INTRODUCTION ...........................................................7
       Why STEM? ......................................................................7
       STEM and Oregon’s Economy .......................................8
       Engaging Learners through STEM ................................8
       Equity in STEM and STEM as an Equity Strategy ........9
       STEM and CTE .................................................................10
       Oregon’s STEM Infrastructure .......................................11
      PERFORMANCE TARGETS AND DATA ...............14
      OREGON’S STEM GOALS .........................................14
      GOAL 1 ..............................................................................15
      GOAL 2 ..............................................................................18
      GOAL 3  .............................................................................21
      GOAL 4  .............................................................................25
      CONCLUSION .................................................................27
      ENDNOTES ......................................................................28