Showing posts with label call for more U.S. students in STEM fields. Show all posts
Showing posts with label call for more U.S. students in STEM fields. Show all posts

Sunday, October 2, 2011

Leaders Sound Alarm for High School Class of 2012; Diverse Issues in Higher Education, 9/26/11

Jamaal Abdul-Alim, Diverse Issues in Higher Education; Leaders Sound Alarm for High School Class of 2012:

"Dr. Henry Lewis III, president of Florida Memorial University, said one of the biggest needs in education today is for more students to get educated in the so-called STEM fields.

“I think one of the areas that we’re failing in our education system is in the STEM disciplines,” Lewis said. “I’m a scientist, a pharmacist by training, and I’m keenly aware that science-based training is what we got to have in this information age that we’re in.”"