President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
Welcome to the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, known as PCAST.
News & Events
Undergraduate STEM Education Report Release Event
On Tuesday, February 7 at 3 pm ET (no longer tentative), the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) is releasing its report entitled “Engage to Excel: Producing One Million Additional College Graduates with Degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics.” This report provides a strategy for improving STEM education during the first two years of college that we believe is responsive to both the challenges and the opportunities that this crucial stage in the STEM education pathway presents.
- Agenda (pdf)
- Webcast - 3pm ET on Tuesday, February 7
- Full Report (pdf)
- Executive Report (pdf)
- Report Fact Sheet (pdf)
- Presidential Commitments (pdf)
The report will be released at a public briefing that will take place in the auditorium of the American Association for the Advancement of Science at 1200 New York Avenue, NW, Washington DC (closest metro stop: Metro Center).
PCAST Meeting
The last PCAST meeting was January 6, 2012. It took place at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1779 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC.
PCAST Conference Call on STEM Education Report
On Monday, December 12, 2011, PCAST held a conference call is to discuss its report on undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education.
