{"id":24474,"date":"2017-06-30T06:00:19","date_gmt":"2017-06-30T11:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=24474"},"modified":"2017-06-29T17:21:57","modified_gmt":"2017-06-29T22:21:57","slug":"austin-peay-state-university-college-of-science-and-mathematics-renamed-college-of-stem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2017\/06\/30\/austin-peay-state-university-college-of-science-and-mathematics-renamed-college-of-stem\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin Peay State University College of Science and Mathematics renamed College of STEM"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AustinClarksville, TN<\/strong> – In the next decade, analysts predict that Amazon, Apple, Google or Tesla will become the world\u2019s first trillion-dollar, publicly traded company.<\/p>\n

The astounding growth of these companies\u2014Barclays predicts Amazon will triple its revenue by 2027\u2014is leading many to argue that America\u2019s economic future has become dependent on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) education.<\/p>\n

\"Austin<\/a>

Austin Peay State University Chemistry Class. (APSU)<\/p><\/div>\n

Earlier this summer, Austin Peay State University made this type of education a priority when it renamed its College of Science and Mathematics the College of STEM. The University is now the first and only school in Tennessee with a College of STEM.<\/p>\n

\u201cColleges of STEM are pretty rare, due to the fact that it\u2019s uncommon to get science, technology, engineering and mathematics all under the same roof,\u201d Dr. Jaime Taylor, dean of the APSU College of STEM, said. \u201cAustin Peay is very forward thinking for grouping those areas together.\u201d<\/p>\n

On May 11th, the Tennessee Higher Education Commission approved Austin Peay\u2019s first engineering program, allowing the University to begin offering a Bachelor of Science in Engineering (B.S.E.) degree, with a major in Engineering Physics next fall. That degree added the \u201cE\u201d to the college already offering degree programs in science, technology and mathematics.<\/p>\n

\"Austin<\/a>

Austin Peay State University Physics Class. (APSU)<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cThe kids coming out of high school have spent their entire lives being encouraged to pursue education in a STEM field,\u201d Taylor said. \u201cIt\u2019s the future, with a lot of good things happening and outstanding career opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 2010, the Clarksville-Montgomery County School System launched its STEM Academy at Kenwood High School where, according to the system\u2019s website, students receive an \u201cadvanced and integrated curriculum\u201d and \u201cleave high school prepared to enter post-secondary education or the job market in the areas of engineering, computer programming, or technical reading or writing, etc.\u201d<\/p>\n

With more high schools across the country now offering STEM programs or academies, Austin Peay has positioned itself to provide those graduates with an easy transition into college. And when students graduate from APSU\u2019s College of STEM, they\u2019ll enter a workforce in desperate need of their skills.<\/p>\n

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), \u201cEmployment in occupations related to STEM\u2014science, technology, engineering, and mathematics\u2014is projected to grow to more than 9 million between 2012 and 2022.\u201d<\/p>\n

A January 2017 BLS report also stated that \u201cthe national average wage for all STEM occupations was $87,570, nearly double the national average wage for non-STEM occupations ($45,700). Ninety-three out of 100 STEM occupations had wages significantly above the national average wage for all occupations of $48,320.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAustin Peay is now a major provider of STEM education in Tennessee,\u201d Taylor said.<\/p>\n

For information on APSU\u2019s College of STEM, call 931.221.7971.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Clarksville, TN – In the next decade, analysts predict that Amazon, Apple, Google or Tesla will become the world\u2019s first trillion-dollar, publicly traded company. The astounding growth of these companies\u2014Barclays predicts Amazon will triple its revenue by 2027\u2014is leading many to argue that America\u2019s economic future has become dependent on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[7405,10409,23,3448,30582,262,825,103,1601,19190,3455,2416,9661,2955,1758,1386,30005,16998],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xGYI-6mK","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24474"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24474"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24475,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24474\/revisions\/24475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}