Space Enterprise Community's Educational Outreach Assistance Programs

Space Enterprise Community's
Educational Outreach Assistance Programs

Many of those who entered the expanding science and engineering workforce in the 1960s and 1970s (during the Space Race) have begun to retire and in the next few years, most of those pioneers will no longer be a part of the workforce.

It is estimated that the number of jobs requiring science and engineering skills in the U.S. labor force is growing, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) projects a 47 percent increase in the number of science and engineering jobs by 2010. Yet, the number of U.S. citizens who are training to become scientists and engineers is not keeping pace with the retirements and the projected growth in need.

If California is to maintain its technological preeminence, and its remaining highly paid aerospace skilled and engineering jobs, it must address this issue. And, it must address this issue sooner than later as changes cannot bring measurable response in days or weeks.

CSA and its members recognize that shortages in the workforce will have serious industry and homeland security consequences. As such, many members of the space enterprise community have taken action on their own in an attempt to address this troubling trend. This is a database to show various Educational Outreach Assistance Programs currently made available by space enterprise community members.

Click here for a Word document form to use to tell CSA about your educational outreach program(s).

Outreach Education Programs

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