The Huffington Post – Jim Conwell
“As engineering and other STEM degrees become more fashionable due to the benefits they provide – good jobs and starting salaries – more colleges and universities find themselves developing programs to serve this need. The reason is simple economics – students want to leave college with jobs, and STEM majors—science, technology, engineering and mathematics—continue to be in demand. Colleges want to build pipelines of students. Students, however, shouldn’t be misled. Not all STEM is equal…There is a difference between a STEM curriculum and a college that “now offers an engineering degree.” So what tend to be the differences?”(more)