By Rob Basso on
2/13/2012 1:05 PM
When it comes to producing new workers in the STEM fields, the United States falls well behind other advanced countries, a new report finds. So, what is STEM and why is this important? STEM is a US Government acronym for the fields of study in the categories of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Why are these falling numbers a problem? Well, per Ronald Ehrenberg, director of the Cornell Higher Education Research Institute, research has shown that innovation in a country’s economy is dependent upon how many workers have degrees in these fields...