by studentrg | Feb 19, 2018 | Career & Technical Education, Career Pathways, STEM
Many parents like to tell their children, “You can be anything you want to be when you grow up.” That’s empowering, but in many cases, it turns out to be inaccurate. One adult friend of ours, for example, decided when he was five that he wanted to be a jockey when he...
by studentrg | Jan 15, 2018 | Career & Technical Education, STEM
How have recent changes in U.S. immigration policy affected the number of non-U.S. students who are applying to study at American universities? According to “International Enrollments: From Flat to Way Down,” an article that Elizabeth Redden published in Inside Higher...
by studentrg | Jan 3, 2018 | Jobs of the Future, STEM
Do STEM Studies Prepare Students to Excel in the Humanities . . . Or Is It the Other Way Around? “The more our labs and engineers innovate, the more jobs we create for people who can make the human dimension work. Technology may be a job killer in warehouses or on the...
by studentrg | Dec 26, 2017 | Career Pathways, Health & Science Careers, STEM
If you were a college student 10 years ago and you wanted to work in medicine or healthcare, you majored in nursing or pre-med. Those were your two basic options to start a career in healthcare . . . you either exercised them or pursued a career in another field....
by studentrg | Aug 18, 2017 | Career Pathways & 21st Century Skills, Education, STEM
With more and more high schools emphasizing the importance of STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) education for all of their students, an important issue has been raised. How does one effectively recognize those students who are excelling in STEM? In...
