It's important to understand that STEM is not just about science, technology, engineering and math. It's about all subject areas. Multidisciplinary studies that include STEM make major impacts on agriculture, emergency services, meteorology, all types of private industries, and more. Given the impact that STEM has in these areas, you see more universities and colleges embracing multidisciplinary studies. Take the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) for example. Their newest building is going to be dedicated in large part to Interdisciplinary Studies, a major that allows students to customize their education across many different subject areas. Students are marrying policy, environment and technology, for example, and are researching and designing solutions to real world problems...