STEM is a pretty meaningless term. Most of those who say there should be more people with STEM training don't really want more people trained in general relativ

STEM is a pretty meaningless term. Most of those who say there should be more people with STEM training don't really want more people trained in general relativity, paleontology, deep-sea biology, etc. I suspect it mostly means they want the government to pay for the types of problem solvers that businesses want, and enough of them to keep the wages low. I think that's implicit in how hnamazon123 refers to ROI. Who gets the return - the student, businesses, and/or the country - for investing in someone's education?