Improving Science Education for Non-Scientists
The United States will need a scientifically and technologically literate citizenry to cope with the accelerating pace of change and with the decisions that must be made in setting educational, industrial, and national priorities.
At the University of Rochester, only 28% of the undergraduates major in the science departments.
The creation of a scientifically-literate society requires significant improvements in the way we teach science to the 72% of our students who are majoring in the humanities or the social sciences.