Sunday, March 27, 2011

What Bill Gates Could Learn from Chris Rock

In his recent article on TechCrunch, ?Engineering vs. Liberal Arts: Who?s Right?Bill or Steve?,? Vivek Wadhwa sparked a national debate about education that raises important questions for us all. If you haven?t read the article yet,�Wadhwa, a professor at Berkeley and Duke University, surveyed 652 chief executive officers and heads of product engineering at 502 U.S. technology companies and found that only 37% held engineering or computer technology degrees, and just 2% held mathematics degrees.��The rest had a wide range of degrees, from business to the humanities. Yet in industry and education circles, STEM ? teaching science, technology, engineering, and mathematics ? has gained cult-like status as the primary solution to our national innovation challenges.�But while investment in STEM is critical, it alone neglects the development of the types of skills that actually lead to discovery, creativity, and innovation.

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