{"id":14445,"date":"2012-10-25T10:42:45","date_gmt":"2012-10-25T14:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/?p=14445"},"modified":"2012-10-25T10:42:47","modified_gmt":"2012-10-25T14:42:47","slug":"more-sunshine-state-scholars-are-staying-in-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/2012\/10\/25\/more-sunshine-state-scholars-are-staying-in-florida\/","title":{"rendered":"More Sunshine State Scholars Are Staying In Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_14446\"  class=\"wp-caption module image left\" style=\"max-width: 297px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/2012\/10\/25\/more-sunshine-state-scholars-are-staying-in-florida\/future-stem-grads\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14446\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14446\" title=\"Future STEM grads\" src=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/files\/2012\/10\/Future-STEM-grads.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"297\" height=\"186\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-media-credit\">wrightbrosfan\/flickr<\/p><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gov. Scott hopes these kids are future STEM graduates.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The push for more <a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/tag\/stem\/\">STEM-related degrees<\/a> in Florida may be paying off.<\/p>\n<p>In a survey, more than half of Florida\u2019s 2011 Sunshine State Scholars said they plan to pursue higher education degrees in-state, rejecting the opportunity to attend Ivy League schools.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Rick Scott has said Florida needs more graduates in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM).<\/p>\n<p>He said a highly trained workforce will lure high-tech companies to the state, resulting in high-wage jobs.<\/p>\n<p>The Scholars program, sponsored by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.floridaeducationfoundation.org\/\">Florida Education Foundation<\/a>, recognizes the top 11<sup>th<\/sup> grader from each school district based on certain academic criteria.<\/p>\n<p>The winners are considered the state\u2019s top STEM students.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Florida Department of Education says the goal is to match top-performing, STEM-focused students with representatives from the state\u2019s most prestigious post-secondary programs.<\/p>\n<p>A new round of winners will be recognized in Orlando early next year. Along with parents and teachers, they will learn about specialized programs, scholarships, and internships that organizers hope will convince them to stay in Florida.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.floridaeducationfoundation.org\/meetings\/2013-sunshine-state-scholars-program\">The winners will spend two days<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Being recognized for their achievements.<\/li>\n<li>Meeting STEM industry leaders and learning about the latest opportunities in Florida.<\/li>\n<li>Meeting with representatives from Florida colleges and universities about special programs of study and internships.<\/li>\n<li>Hearing personal success stories from leaders in Florida\u2019s STEM industry.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cWhen these students stay in Florida and go to our colleges and universities, they improve the quality of the student body, the research, and the programs offered,\u201d Florida Education Foundation Executive Director Mary Lee Kiracofe said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat in turn translates to a stronger workforce.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The push for more STEM-related degrees in Florida may be paying off. In a survey, more than half of Florida\u2019s 2011 Sunshine State Scholars said they plan to pursue higher education degrees in-state, rejecting the opportunity to attend Ivy League schools. Gov. Rick Scott has said Florida needs more graduates in Science, Technology, Engineering and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[403,1082,748],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14445"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14445\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}