美国STEM教育的困境与走向———《美国竞争力与创新力》报告述评

The Obstacles and Trends of American STEM Education ———Review of the %22Competitiveness and Innovative Capacity of the United States%22

创新力是目前世界各国着力发展的重要内容之一。教育，尤其是STEM教育是推动创新力的重要途径。美国非常重视STEM领域内的教育和就业问题。《美国竞争力与创新力》报告指出，美国STEM教育现阶段状况不佳主要是受到昂贵的大学教育成本、贫乏的学术准备、人口因素、缺乏本土核心工作人员等方面的影响。为此，美国政府决定采用加大高等教育经费投入、鼓励学校与社会加强联系等方式来改善现状。

Innovative Capacity is one of the focuses engaged by all the governments in the world currently. Education， especially the STEM education is a key way to promote innovation. The United States attaches great importance to the educational and employment issues in the STEM field. The report of the Competitiveness and Innovative Capacity of the United States published by the Department of Commence indicated that the main reasons for unsatisfactory current American STEM education are pricey college tuition，weak academic preparation，unbalance of demographic factors and deficiency of domestic key talents. Thus U.S. Government decided to improve its innovation in many ways，such as increasing funding in higher education，and encouraging schools to strengthen relationship with other sectors etc.