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We Don’t Have to Lose STEM Students to Business

Published:2020-01 Issue:1 Volume:21 Page:140
ISSN:1935-7877
Container-title:Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education
language:en
Short-container-title:J Microbiol Biol Educ.

Author:

Wernick Naomi L. B.¹,Ledley Fred D.²

Affiliation:

1. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA 01854

2. Department of Natural and Applied Sciences, Bentley University, Waltham, MA 02452

Abstract

Most undergraduate students who leave STEM majors before graduation choose careers in business. This article argues that better integrating business opportunities and context into the STEM curriculum could advance STEM learning, motivate students to remain in STEM as majors, and cultivate a constructive relationship between business, science, and society.

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

General Agricultural and Biological Sciences,General Immunology and Microbiology,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology,Education

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/jmbe.v21i1.2095

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