STEM education is becoming more important for nations that desire to foster their innovative flames for higher economic development. The problem is that the U.S. is falling behind many countries in their approach to the basics of scientific development. Research by Soldner, et. al (2012) offers some solutions for encouraging STEM students to continue their goals until graduation. One out of seven American students, one out of two students in China and one out of three students in Singapore are engage in core STEM education such as science, math, and engineering (National Academies, 2007). The shift marks an unsustainable path for American innovation and ingenuity that may rear its ugly head 30 years down the road. As a nation, we are losing our dominance on multiple fronts starting deeply in our educational progressiveness. Students who start college in the STEM fields often leave for other fields based on a whole range of reasons related from skill to interest. M
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