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U.S. Tech Education Push Gets a New Techie Weapon
![[article image]](/system/assets/0000/1069/071009_Raytheon_William_Swanson.large.jpg?1247255676&1247255674 "Raytheon Co. Chairman and CEO William H. Swanson")
"We need a robust pipeline of STEM graduates to enjoy what our generation has enjoyed," says Raytheon CEO Bill Swanson.
Credit: Raytheon Co.
Raytheon recently presented an open source computer simulation and modeling program designed to improve science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education to the nonprofit Business-Higher Education Forum. The Raytheon model uses more than 200 variables to assess the effectiveness of policies and programs to encourage students to pursue STEM paths.
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