An urgent reality check for America’s blinkered fixation on STEM
education. We live in an era of STEM obsession. Not only do tech
companies dominate American enterprise and economic growth while
complaining of STEM shortages, but we also need scientific
solutions to impending crises. As a society, we have poured
enormous resources—including billions of dollars—into
cultivating young minds for well-paid STEM careers. Yet despite it
all, we are facing a worker exodus, with as many as 70% of STEM
graduates opting out of STEM work. Sociologist John D. Skrentny
investigates why, and the answer, he shows, is simple: the failure
of STEM jobs. Wasted Education reveals how STEM work drives away
bright graduates as a result of “burn and churn”
management practices, lack of job security, constant training for a
neverending stream of new—and often socially
harmful—technologies, and the exclusion of women, people of
color, and older workers. Wasted Education shows that if we have
any hope of improving the return on our STEM education investments,
we have to change the way we’re treating the workers on whom our
future depends.
General
| Imprint: |
University of Chicago Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
November 2023 |
| Firstpublished: |
2023 |
| Authors: |
John D. Skrentny
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
256 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-226-82579-3 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
0-226-82579-5 |
| Barcode: |
9780226825793 |
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