Fewer undergraduates today than ever before are opting to pursue careers in science. This is because business related subjects offer greater financial security and this will result in less overall talent in scientific fields.
The main reason that discipline majors are dwindling is the lure of business. Studying a scientific subject such as biology or chemistry requires intense specification, long hours in labs, and unstable future career options. Business related majors, on the other hand, are guaranteed an easier path to a good salary and the esteem of others. Good evidence of this comes in the form of all the majors related to commerce rapidly growing in popularity, including marketing, finance, corporate law, banking, and economics. Parents often put pressure on their children to major in these subjects to secure a minimum level of financial success and raise the ceiling on future earning potential.
Firstly, the impact will be felt in an overall decrease of talent in structure and behaviour of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment. Secondly, in the past, this subject tended to attract the best and brightest students who saw it as a path to personal wealth, glory and the public good. For instance, in the decades leading up to World War 2 when advances in medicine and technology of bright individuals like Marie Curie, Alexander Fleming, and Albert Einstein made them immortal role models. Today, our role models are more likely to be businessmen of a sort such as Steve Jobs, Warren Buffet, and Donald Trump. This is not only evidence of the societal shift, but also portends fewer great figures in science going forward.
In conclusion, business has siphoned off potential science majors and this will result in fewer high quality scientists. It is important to highlight the achievements of scientists and denigrate businessmen in order to curb this alarming trend.
Fewer undergraduates
today
than ever
before
are opting to pursue careers in science. This is
because
business
related
subjects
offer greater financial security and this will result in less
overall
talent in scientific fields.
The main reason that discipline
majors
are dwindling is the lure of
business
. Studying a scientific
subject
such as biology or chemistry requires intense specification, long hours in labs, and unstable future career options.
Business
related
majors
,
on the other hand
,
are guaranteed
an easier path to a
good
salary and the esteem of others.
Good
evidence of this
comes
in the form of all the
majors
related to commerce
rapidly
growing in popularity, including marketing, finance, corporate law, banking, and economics. Parents
often
put pressure on their children to
major
in these
subjects
to secure a minimum level of financial success and raise the ceiling on future earning potential.
Firstly
, the impact will
be felt
in an
overall
decrease of talent in structure and
behaviour
of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment.
Secondly
, in the past, this
subject
tended to attract the best and brightest students who
saw
it as a path to personal wealth, glory and the public
good
.
For instance
, in the decades leading up to World War 2 when advances in medicine and technology of bright individuals like Marie Curie, Alexander Fleming, and Albert Einstein made them immortal role models.
Today
, our role models are more likely to be businessmen of a sort such as Steve Jobs, Warren Buffet, and Donald Trump. This is not
only
evidence of the societal shift,
but
also
portends fewer great figures in science going forward.
In conclusion
,
business
has siphoned off potential science
majors
and this will result in fewer high quality scientists. It is
important
to highlight the achievements of scientists and denigrate businessmen in order to curb this alarming trend.