Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

Hal Salzman, Ph.D

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Hal Salzman, Ph.D

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Globalization of Innovation

technology design

Labor Market

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

Workplace Restructuring

Professor & Senior Faculty Fellow

Salzman, Ph.D

Hal

Hal Salzman is a Professor of Public Policy at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy and Senior Faculty Fellow at the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development. His research focuses on labor markets, workplace restructuring, skill requirements, and globalization of innovation, engineering and technology design. Recently he has been writing on the science and technology policy implications of his research. Dr. Salzman is currently examining the science and engineering education and labor supply in research supported by the Sloan Foundation.

An ongoing project is a National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded study of employment and sustainability of rural communities exposed to dramatic economic, social, and climate changes. This study of industry, workers, and Native villages in the Arctic examines workforce development opportunities and more general economic viability of several communities in Alaska’s North Slope, Bristol Bay, and Bering Sea regions.

Dr. Salzman has conducted a number of studies of the IT industry, on both software design and work practices and on labor force issues in the IT industry. Past research also includes Principal Investigator of a NSF-funded project on globalization, innovation, and human capital, Salzman is continuing his research on “collaborative advantage” in globalization, engineering, and technology entrepreneurship (research funded by the National Science Foundation and Kauffman Foundation, with Leonard Lynn of Case Western Reserve University and conducted with colleagues in the U.S., Germany, Japan, China, India, and Latin America).

Dr. Salzman’s publications include Software By Design: Shaping Technology and the Workplace (Oxford University Press) and articles on issues of technology, skills, and the workplace, including “Making the Grade” (in Nature), “Collaborative Advantage” (in Issues in Science and Technology), and forthcoming, Technology Entrepreneurs in the Emerging Economies: The New Shape of Global Innovation.

Click here for a list of Dr. Salzman's publications.

Recent Publications

Douglas, Daniel, & Salzman, Hal. (2019). “Math counts: Major and gender differences in college mathematics coursework.” Journal of Higher Education.

Freeman, Richard B., & Salzman, H. (2019). U.S. Engineering in a Global Economy. University of Chicago Press/National Bureau of Economic Research.

Salzman, Hal, & Benderly, Beryl Lieff. (2019). "STEM performance and supply: Assessing the evidence for education policy." Journal of Science Education and Technology, 28(1), 9-25.

Telephone

848.932.1037

HSalzman@rutgers.edu

Linkedin Link

https://www.linkedin.com/in/hal-salzman-288a2643/

Contributor Type

Faculty & Affiliated Faculty

Evaluation of the New Jersey STEM Pathway Network and STEM Learning Ecosystem

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Evaluation of the New Jersey STEM Pathway Network and STEM Learning Ecosystem

Topic

STEM

New Jersey

Education & Training

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

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Published Date

January 1, 2017

Status

Completed

Funded By

Research & Development Council of New Jersey and the Overdeck Family Foundation

Work Category

Projects

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Excerpt

In 2017, the Heldrich Center was asked by the New Jersey Office of the Secretary of Higher Education (OSHE) to conduct an implementation assessment of the Secretary’s signature initiative — the New Jersey Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Pathways Network (NJSPN), an effort developed to provide New Jersey’s students with STEM education and experiences they need to succeed in college, career, and life. NJSPN was initiated by OSHE in 2014 as a public-private strategic alliance established to inform the alignment of STEM resources, support an education-to-workforce STEM pipeline, identify exemplary formal and informal learning opportunities, and promote STEM career pathway awareness. In 2017, the Research & Development Council of New Jersey was selected to manage NJSPN.

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Assessment of the New Jersey Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Pathways Network.

Steady as She Goes? Three Generations of Students through the Science and Engineering Pipeline

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Steady as She Goes? Three Generations of Students through the Science and Engineering Pipeline

Topic

science education

engineering education

STEM

high school graduates

college graduates

employment outcomes

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

technology education

mathematics education

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Published Date

January 1, 2009

Status

Completed

Funded By

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Work Category

Projects

(OLD) Related Work

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Excerpt

In 2009, the Heldrich Center conducted research and produced a report that offered a comprehensive analysis of a major longitudinal dataset to examine the transition of American students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) from high school into the labor force. The report generated significant coverage of the STEM issue in nationwide media outlets such as Business Week, Science, the Chronicle of Higher Education, and Education Week.

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Steady as She Goes? Three Generations of Students through the Science and Engineering Pipeline

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Research on the transition of American students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics from high school into the labor force.