Abdul-Jabbar: More Opportunities to Turn Pro in Science Than in the NBA
June 28, 2012 RSS Feed PrintAmerican students lack the skills needed to compete globally in science, technology, engineering, and math. But the cause of that skills gap isn't our education system; it's our culture, inventor and entrepreneur Dean Kamen said Tuesday at the U.S. News 2012 STEM Summit.
"To think that it's a supply problem or that it's an education problem is ridiculous," Kamen said.
Undermining efforts to promote interest in STEM education is a culture that places sports stars and celebrities on pedestals, but makes scientists and engineers the butt of jokes, he added.
This is especially true in underserved minority communities, said
Misleading GI Bill Site to Shut Down
College-bound military veterans may have an easier time finding truthful information about their benefits.
June 28, 2012 RSS Feed Print
Military veterans can find GI Bill benefit information on the government-sponsored website.
Good news for military veterans trying to find a college: A prominent marketing site that may have lent more confusion than guidance is being shut down.
GIBill.com, a marketing website, purports to offer guidance to military vets about financial aid benefits, and appears in Google search results close to the government-sponsored site,