NSF – National Science Foundation
https://www.nsf.gov/

National Science Board
https://www.nsf.gov/nsb/

The National Science Board (NSB) establishes the policies of the National Science Foundation (NSF) and serves as advisor to Congress and the President. The Board approves major NSF awards, provides congressional testimony and issues statements relevant to the nation’s S&E enterprise.

THE SKILLED TECHNICAL WORKFORCE: Crafting America’s Science & Engineering Enterprise (pdf). The National Academies expect 3.4 million unfilled skilled technical jobs by 2022.

To grow our nation’s science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) capacity and ensure that Americans nationwide can participate in a science and engineering (S&E) intensive economy, the United States must foster its Skilled Technical Workforce (STW)–individuals who use S&E skills in their jobs but do not have a bachelor’s degree.

Rapid changes in the nature of work, education, technology, workforce demographics, and international competition have led the National Science Board (NSB, Board) to conclude that our competitiveness, security, and research enterprise require this critical, but often overlooked segment of our STEM-capable workforce. Adding to the near-term urgency, a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report predicts a shortfall of nearly 3.4 million skilled technical workers by 2022.

THE SKILLED TECHNICAL WORKFORCE: Crafting America’s Science & Engineering Enterprise
https://www.nsf.gov/nsb/publications/2019/nsb201923.pdf
For many years, the National Science Board (NSB, Board) has had a keen interest in the state of the STEM-capable workforce in the United States. The health of that workforce is vital to America’s economic prosperity, our scientific and technological competitiveness, and our national security. Building on the Board’s past work, this report focuses on a crucial but under-appreciated part of the science and engineering enterprise: the Skilled Technical Workforce (STW), the millions of men and women with STEM skills and knowledge who do not have a bachelor’s degree. This report is the culmination of our 18-month effort to identify the opportunities and challenges facing students, incumbent workers, businesses, educators, and others involved with the STW. It offers recommendations for how federal policymakers and educators can work together to foster the STW, so that all Americans can participate in and bene t from advances in science and technology.