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I think that some of what's at play is that, with an undergraduate degree, engineering and tech are the only STEM majors that give a good chance of actually working in STEM. So you even a majority of STEM degrees may not lead to a majority of STEM workers.

For what it's worth, I also don't think that most people would consider psychology or social science to be STEM and this is the first time I've heard of STEMM to include "medicine". So that may factor in as well.



STEAM has become a popular version in k-12 education. The "A" is "Art".


That seems like it defeats the whole concept of the term. As I understand it, depending on ones perspective, the point of STEM was:

- Things to study to make a good income.

- Things to study to help America maintain technical strength.

- Things that capitalists want you to study.

Art doesn't seem to relate to any of those. (Not saying art is bad. Just that it doesn't seem like it belongs with the others.)




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