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Images, i like to edit videos, i like to play games a lot like simms and just a whole bunch of stuff i like to do and i also like to cook. >> what do you zmook. >> what do i cook? oh anything i can find on pinterest. >> do you particularly love sweets or do you mostly cook savory foods? >> i mostly cook savory foods like on the stove top. >> i was at the white house and talking about increasing diversity in stem fields. is there anything you would say in particular to girls about computers and...

>> this is great because we always talk, we dont get enough girls into these stem fields and then we have a dearth of them when they get older and dont have enough women in these fields. its good to show this and young girls can see that its possible. this is fantastic. whats the #again? >> girls with toys. check it out. >> doesnt mean what you think it means. another shot here. weve got a -- you like skiing? not so much. >> im a florida girl. >> im with you. im from arkansas. what do we do? i l...

For highly skilled foreign workers, it is harder to stay in this country. 233,000 people this year applied for the hi-visa. that is a record high. it is up significantly from 172,000 from last year. the government grants 85,000 of the visas. business leaders want more. they say these workers are crucial in s.t.e.m. fields. critics say it is way for companies to pay less for talent and not look for talent in the u.s. that shows you the demand to get those good jobs here in the u.s. flying got w...

Florida, as an institution for origin of african-americans who go on to pursue ph.d.s in the natural sciences. >> they disproportionally prepare students in the s.t.e.m. area. >> science, technology, engineering and math. a prediction of s.t.e.m. related jobs is expected. thats why president obama hosts white house science fairs. hes trying to make s.t.e.m. education a priority. roughly 40% of students working on graduate degrees in s.t.e.m. fields receive their undergraduate degree from an hbcu...

Lap. but that is the way the economy is these days. >> i wonder about that in part, i dont want to move away from this idea that part of the responsibility for individuals to invest in themselves, but its also an investment in the sort of broader perspective to have a good workforce. should there be government -- part of what the president said was college loans, and he doesnt mean just come to wake forest university and get a b.a., he does mean making available community colleges. >> well, i wa...

Today to close their own personal wage gap. i mean, its incumbent upon us as women to figure out what are the market rates for the salaries in the industries were in. we can actually go about choosing industries where we know that the pay disparity is lower. stem fields, science, technology, engineering and math. we know that women in those fields are being paid almost as much as men and especially for the younger women just coming out of college and graduate school entering the job force. >> wa...

Unknown? in norriew orleans, louisiana, hundreds-year-old girls school is working hard to nurture the skills and curiosity that girls need to succeed in s.t.e.m. fields. every year, mcgee sixth graders pile on a bus and go from new orleans to huntsville, alabama, for three days at space camp. this year, my daughter, parker, was among those sixth grade space campers. so of course, nerdland cameras went along, mostly because i think the nerds wanted a trip to space camp. ♪ >> space camp is 31 ye...

Tech! you can do that. >> but at schools everywhere especially those where science, technology, engineering and math, the s.t.e.m. studies are king, a more profound excitement is steadily growing. georgia tech president bud peterson. >> to be competitive globally, they have to have a workforce trained and educated in the s.t.e.m. fields. >> reporter: the white house knows it. the president wants to see 100 thousand dollars s.t.e.m. teachers trained over the next decade. >> the higher education i...

Timing could not be better drawing attention to a tremendous and growing push for many more students to get excited about the sciences. tom foreman has this weeks "american journey." >> if you want to change the world -- >> maybe no one else in the country whipped up more excitement about math and science this month than georgia tech sophomore nick selby. whose rousing speech is seen more than 2 million times on youtube. >> if you want to build the ironman suit, youre in georgia tech! you can do...

The president wants to see 100 thousand s.t.e.m. teachers trained over the next decade. >> the higher education is the single best investment you can make in your future and im proud of the students making that investment. >> reporter: and all of this is not just about making the country more competitive. researchers found students in s.t.e.m. fields generally enjoyed better returns on the education investment with more job options and higher salaries. average engineer graduates can easily start...