Their jobs are considered blue-collar, or “skilled technical” STEM positions — those under the science, technology, engineering and mathematics umbrella that don’t require four-year college degrees, but do still demand a certain level of technical training.
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Colleges started getting expensive when society started pushing “college for everyone,” and student loans became easy to obtain. I don’t believe that everyone should go to college. Colleges would not be so expensive if fewer people borrowed outrageous amounts to attend college.
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One root cause of minorities scoring lower in college admittance exams is the time different racial groups spend studying.
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Smith has been working overtime to ensure he does all he can to help create generational wealth for students of color. In 2019, he paid off the student loan debt for the entire graduating class of Morehouse College, eventually extending that debt payoff to the students’ parents as well. Then in 2020, Smith donated $50 million to his Student Freedom Initiative to support STEM students. The organization is a public charity dedicated to ...
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“Looking back,” Johnson wrote in his biographical blurb, “I would tell children who are on the fence about pursuing STEM that there is such a wide range of possible professions, not just coding, or machinery, which comes to mind when hearing ‘engineering.’ The world of opportunities is never-ending.”
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I am proud to support the Future of STEM Scholars Initiative! Encourage college-bound science and engineering students you know to apply for these scholarships. In addition to needed funds, FOSSI provides leadership development, mentoring and internship opportunities with program sponsors, and access to student networking events.
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Instead of addressing poor and unacceptable achievement, the government pours more money into the existing failed structure, eliminates tests that expose its failure, and imposes race-based preferences to cover this national crisis.
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