Preparing STEM Students for Post-Graduate Success
Ashuwin Vaidya’s article published in the July issue of NJTC’s TechNews about the unique research opportunities the Science Honors Innovation Program (SHIP)
offers
Posted in: CSAM Research
There has been much discussion in the media about the US education system’s failure to produce globally competent math and science majors. Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) data, which is often used to support this viewpoint, consistently shows American students failing to crack the top 20 of about 65 countries in the study. While there is a constant call to produce more STEM students and help them perform better on tests, the real issue is that higher education has not always kept up with workplace needs over the last few decades. Meghan Groome of the New York Academy of Science calls this disconnect between education and industry “the STEM Paradox,” noting the problem results neither from the shortage of STEM graduates nor the lack of STEM jobs. A great majority of STEM jobs are unfilled because students lack comprehensive training and skills beyond their specific science majors.