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   Obama says, Let them be smarter and unemployed!   
      
   A Ball State University study found that unemployment rates are   
   higher for STEM graduates than they are overall for people with   
   bachelor’s degrees.   
      
   Indiana students pursuing degrees in science, technology,   
   engineering and mathematics - or STEM - may not find a wealth of   
   jobs to choose from when they graduate.   
      
   A new study from Ball State University’s Center for Business and   
   Economic Research found that there is not a shortage of STEM   
   workers in Indiana and, in fact, labor markets are shrinking in   
   clinical health related occupations.   
      
   The study examines the unemployment rate of Hoosiers holding   
   STEM-related bachelor’s degrees from January 2000 to October   
   2013 and found that the unemployment rate was higher for those   
   who hold degrees in science and technical fields and life,   
   physical and social science fields than the overall unemployment   
   rate for people with bachelor’s degrees.   
      
   The unemployment rate for computer, math, architecture and   
   engineering degree holders was less than the overall rate.   
      
   "We also found that concerns over a lingering lack of   
   instability in labor markets for skilled STEM workers can be   
   traced to every decade of the last century,” Michael Hicks, CBER   
   director, said.   
      
   Hicks added that political movements focusing on encouraging   
   individuals to pursue STEM degrees won’t help Indiana   
   economically, but it could decrease the current wages of STEM   
   workers or increase how many Hoosiers with STEM degrees leave   
   the state to find work.   
      
   However, the study did find a booming labor market in one field   
   in particular. The mortuary industry is the biggest growing   
   industry in Indiana. The job market for morticians, undertakers,   
   funeral service directors and other mortuary-related occupations   
   grew 88-percent from 2008 to 2012, the study found.   
      
   http://www.elkharttruth.com/news/indiana/2014/05/29/Focus-on-   
   increasing-STEM-college-grads-may-hurt-Indiana-study-shows.html   
      
       
      
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