Steve James wrote:The question is why we don't produce enough scientists and mathematicians to teach our own students. And, it's no one's fault but those who don't get the education necessary.
Steve James wrote:Ian, I work at a STEM college. For the last ten years, I've been on committees and national initiatives to increase the number of STEM graduates and STEM teachers.
Here's the issue. http://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-ameri ... ca-n378521
http://encorps.org/about/stem-crisis/
Anyway, the problem is still severe, but it's getting better. http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2014/06/ ... nitiatives
And, with regards to this discussion: http://www.ed.gov/sites/default/files/s ... raphic.jpg
Yes, we can go backwards, deemphasize science and emphasize manufacturing jobs. And, I know that more stem jobs will be created and students enrolled in the disciplines in the next years. But, it's only because people have been working on it for the last decade. Otoh, it may be fortunate. One can never tell who will be a Haber and who will be an Einstein.
Then, to top it off, US universities have to hire loads of Asians to teach math and science.
Your second link talks about shortages of pre-higher ed teachers in STEM fields, and how universities are responding. So, none of that seems to back up the idea that Chinese or other foreign nationals are taking over the teaching fields in higher ed.
At first it was just the no skill labor jobs that went to China,
then more and more advanced. Now the engineering jobs are going too.
Steve James wrote:then more and more advanced. Now the engineering jobs are going too.
Not true at all, the engineering and science jobs are not going anywhere. The best training is here. We are not producing enough of them. And the only initiatives to reverse that trend have come from the last administration. The anti-science anti-intellectual and anti-college atmosphere has not helped and will not. Let's see if the education goals stay the same in the next administration.
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you should just admit your error, apologize and stop spreading false flag messages.
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