Pan-Organizational Summit on the U.S. Science and Engineering Workforce Meeting Summary (2003) / Chapter Skim
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Concluding Remarks
Concluding Remarks
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Half of college freshmen intending to major in SHE abandon that major before their sophomore year2 one reason our universities rank 61st out of 63 countries in converting college undergraduates to B.S. degreed graduates in the natural science and engineering disciplines.3 Existing workers in several fields notably electrical engineering and computer science find there is only weak supporting infrastructure for the constant retraining required to keep up with their fields (IEEE)
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This Summit has been held in order to showcase and consolidate community views on policy directions regarding this complex and urgent issue. For over a year, the Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable (GUIRR)
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