While there was an 11% jump in degrees awarded in America between 2010 and 2014, the majority of that growth occurred in 2010 and 2011, with less than 1% increases in completion during the following two years. A CareerBuilder and Economic Modelling Specialists Intl. analysis found one of the fastest-growing programmes were in STEM fields, with declines coming from the humanities, teaching, and law which experienced a 7% reduction in degree completion from 2013 to 2014. Various reports suggest that the drop in degree completions that go to future teachers could foreshadow a crisis.
While there was an 11% jump in degrees awarded in America between 2010 and 2014, the majority of that growth occurred in 2010 and 2011, with less than 1% increases in completion during the following two years. A CareerBuilder and Economic Modelling Specialists Intl. analysis found more than half of the fastest-growing programmes were in STEM fields, with declines coming from the humanities, teaching, and law which experienced a 7% reduction in degree completion from 2013 to 2014. Various reports suggest that the drop in degree completions that go to future teachers could foreshadow a crisis.