U.S. approach to education worrisome

In the 1980s, American colleges and universities graduated about the same number of science and engineering students per year as those in China and Japan, while South Korean institutions were good for half that amount. A generation later, the United States has fallen behind the three Asian nations in the number of scientists and engineers that it produces. According to Renu Khator, the newly appointed president and chancellor of the University of Houston, this problem is indicative of how Americans approach education, from elementary schools to the university level.