Advancing STEM Education
T Kaufman · Chemical & Engineering News · 2010
THIS IS A CRITICAL moment in our nation’s history, with great opportunities that require innovative solutions. Engineers and scientists will be at the center of revolutionizing our approaches to deciphering these crucial issues: how we produce and consume energy, revitalize our health care system, and maintain our nation’s security. I am honored to be a U.S. senator at this time in our history, but even more so to be a U.S. senator who is an engineer. That’s because I believe the key to the future of our country—and the world—rests on our ability to use science, technology, engineering, and math, the four STEM subjects, to solve the biggest problems we face. Solving those problems, of course, will in turn create the jobs of tomorrow. We don’t know where the next generation of innovation will come from. That is the nature of innovation. But we must have a national innovation policy, one that generates greater interest ...