Middle and high school students around the United States are falling behind in life sciences and the country is at risk of not producing qualified workers for the bioscience industry which is growing quickly, according to a report that was released in mid-May.
Students are less interested in taking life sciences and science classes and high schools are doing a poor job or getting students prepared for science at the college level. The report was researched and funded by Batelle, the Biotechnology Institute and the Biotechnology Industry Organization. The report concluded by saying that these deficiencies will harm the country’s competitiveness with the rest of the world.
A wide disparity was found among states regarding student performance in these courses in general. Many states can no longer rely on the manufacturing sector and are instead turning to the biotechnology and biosciences which requires a work force that is more educated. The report found that only 28 percent of ACT scores reached a score that indicated students were prepared for college courses in biology.
Students however can follow there biosciences interests by obtaining a college degree from one of many colleges and Universities offering bioscience classes.
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