| Technology is a field that encompasses | | | | require degree completion at or beyond the |
| several areas, though students might not be | | | | master's level, but the very nature of |
| aware of many of them when considering an | | | | technology suggests that an above average |
| educational tract in technology. Technology | | | | academic record should be necessary. |
| based fields outside of the obvious can be | | | | |
| found in educational tracts such as science | | | | The problem so many institutions encounter is |
| and mathematics, in addition to more popular | | | | the perception that information technology is |
| tracts such as information technology and | | | | the only technology for which employment |
| computer science. | | | | opportunities exist. Additionally, career |
| | | | tracks heavy on math and science are not |
| Nanotechnology is a field with explosive | | | | always the easiest sell to students. By |
| growth potential, yet because far more than a | | | | focusing more on the technological aspects of |
| bachelor degree is required for employment | | | | specific educational opportunities, colleges |
| within the discipline, few colleges push it | | | | and universities can generate excitement and |
| as a viable field of study. Unlike database | | | | interest in those areas instead of moving |
| administration, information security, | | | | students toward already inundated educational |
| infrastructure maintenance or any of the many | | | | tracts in information technology. |
| fields associated with computer networking, | | | | |
| nanotechnology is among the technology based | | | | Science and technology are intertwined, yet |
| sciences left out in the cold. | | | | traditional sciences may not appeal to |
| | | | students because of the employment |
| Robotics is another field that draws heavily | | | | opportunities that arise from them. By |
| on a math and science background yet also | | | | focusing a larger portion of admissions and |
| carries the connotation of being a technology | | | | recruitment efforts on cutting edge |
| based specialization. Without question, | | | | technology based sciences, academia can |
| robotics is exclusive, yet the field of | | | | further the knowledge base of these fields of |
| robotics is beginning to have an effect on | | | | study while encouraging students to think |
| the products that shape our daily lives. | | | | outside traditional lines. Many of the best |
| | | | scientists working in advanced areas such as |
| By popularizing technology based sciences | | | | robotics and nanotechnology are either |
| that are outside the mainstream, educational | | | | overseas or foreign born. In order to remain |
| institutions can help further the disciplines | | | | competitive in fields such as these, |
| while exposing students to potential growth | | | | educational institutions have to make U.S. |
| areas. Indeed, many areas of technology | | | | students more aware of their existence. |