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Critism of STEM Education

STEM is a curriculum based on the idea of educating students in four specific disciplines — science, technology, engineering and mathematics — in an interdisciplinary and applied approach. Rather than teach the four disciplines as separate and discrete subjects, STEM integrates them into a cohesive learning paradigm based on real-world applications. However, the focus on increasing participation in STEM fields has attracted criticism. First, no one has been able to find any evidence indicating current widespread labor market shortages or hiring difficulties in science and engineering occupations that require bachelor's degrees or higher. Second, most studies report that real wages in many—but not all—science and engineering occupations have been flat or slow-growing, and unemployment as high or higher than in many comparably-skilled occupations. Third, based on the data, science should not be grouped with the other three STEM categories, because, while the other three generally result in high-paying jobs, many sciences, particularly the life sciences, pay below the overall median for recent college graduates. Efforts to remedy the perceived domination of STEM subjects by men of Asian and non-Hispanic European backgrounds has led to intense efforts to diversify the STEM workforce. However, I feel that this practice in higher education, as opposed to a strict meritocracy, causes lower academic standards.