Education: The Down Fall of the U.S.

"Our country is in danger." This is the first line of the 1983 report by the National Education Council of Ronald Reagan in 1983. The report focuses on concerns about the rapid decline of the US educational system. For example, "The educational foundation of our society is being eroded by a mediocratic trend that threatens the future as a nation" and "To fortify today's American mediocre education with foreign friendly power that is not friendly Attempts to try are likely to be seen as a form of war ", the report provoked a storm of reform efforts at the local, state and local levels.

For over a decade, the observer has warned that the US is behind in STEM education. In the recent worldwide educational evaluation, the United States was 38th in mathematics (in 71 countries) and 24th in science. The number of current STEM graduates is eight times that of the US. By 2030, this number will be 15 times. The US also faces the same threat as before. In 1957, the Sputnik satellite launched by the US Department of Defense marked the defeat of the United States in the universe. This led to the National Defense Education Law in 1958. And it spent hundreds of millions of dollars (then many money at the time) on low interest loans for students and improved primary and secondary education.

According to the educational statistics summary of 2016, in the fall of 2015, the number of students enrolled in higher education institutions in the US exceeded 20 million. The majority of people participated in the degree awards program and 73% participated in public institutions. In the same year, it got 4.5 million degrees. However, since the beginning of 2011, the enrollment rate of higher education in the U.S. has declined slightly, at least basically it is expected to remain in 2027. In 2011, the number of students enrolled reached a peak of more than 21 million people, but then it fell below 20 million in 2016. The Bureau of Education and Statistics predicts that this figure will remain about 20 million in at least 10 years. Reasons for falling school enrollment rates include lower birthrate, lower number of high school graduates, higher tuition fees, and increased employment after the Great Depression in 2007-2009.