Survey Findings Reveal Opportunities to Strengthen STEM Education in Maine through K-20 Collaborations

Maine Campus Compact (MCC), with support from Maine Experiential Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR), conducted a statewide landscape analysis to assess science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education in Maine. These surveys (one for secondary schools and the other for higher education) identified current STEM education practices and challenges while investigating ways to advance STEM education through collaborative opportunities between higher education and K-12 schools in Maine. Key Findings In total, surveys were sent to 573 secondary school (SS) and higher education (HE) educators, administrators, and staff with a 29% response rate. Key survey findings revealed that: 90% of…