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We should prepare our future workforce differently. It isn't just advanced STEM degrees. There are many jobs you can do without advanced degrees.

While we should certainly be investing in our own STEM education, we should take advantage of the thousands of international students who come here to study and are ready to fill these gaps immediately upon graduation.

The STEM fields play an increasingly important role in the U.S. economy, but women are still underrepresented in most STEM sectors.

From what we understand about participation by women and minorities, we need to do a better job of exposing people early in their careers to STEM fields.

Shake any institution of higher learning, and a dozen boycotters will fall out of it.

We must be willing to pay inspiring math and science teachers, who have high paying alternatives in industry, more to teach and reward students who take more challenging courses in high school.

The lack of diversity in higher education is a problem we as a country must tackle if we're going to live up to our promise.

It's time to declare a cease-fire in the education arms race. We have far more to gain from collaborating to solve our common problems than competing for higher rankings.

We're trying to be the top employer of recent grads in the country. Size gives us leverage to have a tangible impact on school systems.