Summary: American Innovation Beyond STEM

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In Fareed Zakaria’s YouTube Video on “American Innovation Beyond STEM”, he states that rarely do Republicans and Democrats agree on anything, however, they are now united in their beliefs that colleges need to move from a liberal arts education into one that embraces STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math). He continues to argue that it is wrong to ignore a liberal arts education as it is what encourages our “creativity” and enriches our “humanity”. By eliminating a liberal arts education, we would be putting America on a vulnerable educational path. To support this claim he quotes “John Cardinal Newman, who in 1854 stated that, ‘a broad exposure to the outline of knowledge for its own sake’ rather than to acquire skills to practice …show more content…

Although both Jobs and Zuckerman had liberal arts degrees, they also understood and excelled in the field of technology, which ultimately was the key to their successful careers. Their liberal arts degrees may have been what gave them the passion to create, but their embracing of technology is what allowed them to be successful. Zakaria emphasis over and over that a liberal arts education is the major contributor behind the success of entrepreneurs. The confidence with which they excelled could only be taught by “the broad general education, which is liberal …show more content…

Merging liberal arts and STEM to forge a new program that embraces both would allow for an increase in the fostering of success, innovation and entrepreneurship. It would encourage individuals to take the first leap into discovering something new while keeping them from repeating the mistakes of the past. If we only had a STEM education, it might stifle the creative thinking that is fostered by a strong general education; however, if we only had a liberal arts education, it might stifle the advance of science, technology, and engineering. We need to find a way to merge these programs to continue to advance research, science, engineering and technology as well as to continue to foster the continued growth of research and

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