Re:No impact on corporate america (Score 1)

I agree that college majors in science & engineering is are AVOIDED in the USA because of the disastrous OUTSOURCING OF QUALITY JOBS. After a LOT of thought, I've concluded the ROOT PROBLEM is this: AUTOMATION (computerization, Internet & robotic manufacturing ...which accelerates globalization) BENEFITS CORPORATIONS far more than it benefits INDIVIDUAL USA citizens. In fact, the average US citizen actually experiences a NET LOSS from globalization and will CONTINUE to do so, until the US seriously engages in AUTOMATION TO BENEFIT THE PEOPLE. --What does this have to do with education? ... Everything: That is, when little Carlos, little Jane, little Ebony, and little Bobby see THEIR parents, or THEIR neighbor's parents, making good money from AUTOMATION THAT BENEFITS THE PEOPLE THEY KNOW, they will naturally be very EAGER TO STUDY science, engineering and math. But HOW can we provide AUTOMATION THAT BENEFITS THE PEOPLE? IDEA #1: A "Manhattan-Project-scale effort" to define flexible desktop-sized AUTOMATED MANUFACTURING CELLS that (bright) ordinary US citizens can operate in one room of their homes. There is NO insurmountable reason why such cells could not be extremely clean, non-polluting, energy efficient, cost-effective and highly profitable. Standardize (and subsidize -or buy out right the companies making th best) CAD/CAM software, I/O modules, etc. Of course much more work needs to be done ("Manhattan-Project-scale effort"). Thus, ELIMINATE THE ADVANTAGE OF "CHEAP HUMAN LABOR" and you'll stop outsourcing of good jobs, grow millions of good local jobs, and the education problem will essentially self-correct.