The STEM dilemma [electronic resource] : skills that matter to regions / Fran Stewart.

1. More STEM degrees: economic best bets for regions? : All in on STEM ; Beyond degrees: broadening the view of regional human capital ; A complex relationship: human capital and regional economic well-being ; STEM: a tricky public investment ; The "Me too" trap ; Regional investment in human capital development: a delicate balance ; What to do? Reshaping policies for regional advantage ; Making the case: exploring an occupation-based view of regional human capital
2. Misunderstandings and misapplications : Six STEM fallacies ; Taking a different road
3. A method for bundling occupational skills : O*NET overview ; O*NET data collection ; Identifying STEM and soft KSA bundles ; Using STEM and soft KSA bundles to categorize occupations ; Linking occupational skill sets to occupational wage and employment data
4. STEM skills, soft skills, and worker wages : Methodology ; Results and discussion
5. The intersection of skill demand and regional well-being : Putting regional STEM concentrations to the test ; Human capital measures and economic performance vary widely across regions ; Testing the influence of the STEM/soft occupation-based measures on regional economic well-being ; What the findings mean
6. A test of size, schooling, and context : Educational attainment and occupational skill: the interplay of human capital development and deployment ; A matter of size: the effects of population on human capital deployment
7. A different view of the middle : Defining "middle" ; Assessing the middle
8. Cross-cutting skills : A revised method
9. Concluding thoughts and policy implications : Key takeaways ; Limitations ; Policy implications ; Closing thoughts
Appendix A: Occupational wage and employment by high/mid/low STEM/soft KSAs.