Alcoa has joined Change the Equation (CTEq), a CEO-led initiative to cultivate literacy in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) and achieve President Obama’s ‘Educate to Innovate’ mission. In signing onto CTEq, Alcoa joins forces with Time Warner Cable, Sally Ride Science, Kodak, Intel and Xerox, to prepare students for STEM-related careers as an investment in the economy of tomorrow. CTEq it is the first and only STEM education group that brings so many corporate leaders together in collaboration with the White House, State Houses nationwide, and the foundation community. According to a report by the Center on Education and the Workforce, there will be eight million jobs available in STEM-related fields by 2018.