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This “Champion of Change” Wants You To Make Something

The goal is really multi-faceted. One goal is to help young people to be more competitive in the global market. These spaces allow people to use STEM skills in a way that they’re not thinking about the math and science they’re doing, but about how they’re working on a project that’s solving a problem in their community.

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The Liberal Arts Embrace STEM

Now a report by the Education Advisory Board, Reclaiming the Value of Liberal Arts for the 21st Century, urges colleges to forge stronger connections between liberal arts majors and professional disciplines. According to Education Dive, it even recommends that liberal arts opportunities and successes be more effectively marketed.

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Degree From a For-Profit? I’ll Pass, Employers Say

Not according to this article about a study from the American Economic Association. According to Education Dive, the study results indicate a “clear distrust of the quality of for-profit education. In many cases, the AEA notes, job applicants with an associate degree from a for-profit college were no better off in the job search than applicants with no college experience at all.”

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Gifted Education Is Rigged

It isn't enough to be a well-educated parent or high-income. You can have several Ph.D.'s and earn six figures, but what counts is knowing how to work the system, being motivated enough for your children's sake to persist in working it, and having the means to do so.

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