Your Journalism Degree Is Now a STEM Degree

The federal government now classifies 536 degree programs as STEM, including developmental psychology, strategic communication, demography, critical media practices, forestry, landscape architecture and anthrozoology. A STEM designation gets a foreign graduate up to three years of post-graduation work authorization in the U.S., versus only 12 months for a non-STEM degree. That's a massive incentive for universities to reclassify soft degrees as STEM to attract full-tuition international students. Read Full Article »