Shunning science for higher-paying careers

Tech-jobsx-large Spurring science jobs may hurt U.S. workers, suggests a study Wednesday, shuttling them into middle-management or finance jobs, rather than high-paying technical ones.

"Highly qualified students may be choosing a non-(science, technology, engineering and mathematics) job because it pays better, offers a more stable professional career, and/or perceived as less exposed to competition from low-wage economies," writes Georgetown University demographer Lindsay Lowell and colleagues, in the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation-funded study. "The problem may not be that there are too few (science) qualified college graduates, but rather that (science) firms are unable to attract them."

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