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education the key to being competitive
Federal funding Urgently Needed to Create High Quality new Jobs for All Americans in the twenty first Century The unmatched vitality of the US economy and science and technology enterprise has made this country a world leader for decades, allowing Americans to reap the benefits from a high standard of living and national security.
Given the US history of economic and scientific pre-eminence, it is easy to become complacent about these complex issues, the report says. Following are some indicators that illustrate why decisive action is needed now: · Last year chemical companies closed seventy facilities in the US and have ear-marked forty more for closure. Of 120 chemical plants being built around the world with price tags of $1 billion or more, one is in the USA and fifty are in China. · For the cost of 1 chemist or 1 engineer in the United States, a company can hire about 5 chemists in China or eleven engineers in India. |
· United States twelfth
graders recently performed below the international average for twenty one
countries on a test of mathematics and science general knowledge. In
addition, an advanced mathematics assessment was carried out on students in
fifteen other countries who were taking or had taken advanced mathamatics
courses, and to United states students who were taking or had taken
pre-calculus, calculus, or Advanced Placement calculus. 11 countries
outperformed the USA, and 4 scored similarly. None scored significantly
below the United States.
· In 2001 U.S. industry spent
more on tort litigation than on development and research.
· In 1999 only 41
percent of U.S. 8th-graders had a mathematics teacher who had majored in
mathematics at the undergraduate or graduate level or studied the subject
for their teacher certification -- a figure that was considerably lower than the
international average of seventy one percent.
Without a major push to strengthen the foundations of
America's competitiveness, the United States could soon lose its privileged
position. The ultimate goal is to create new, high-quality jobs for all
citizens by developing new industries that stem from the ideas of
exceptional scientists and engineers.
The congressionally requested report -- written by a twenty-member committee that included university presidents, chief Executive Officers, Nobel Prize winners, and former presidential appointees -- makes 4 recommendations along with twenty implementation actions that federal policy-makers should take to create high-quality jobs and focus new science and technology (S&T) efforts on meeting the nation's need for affordable, clean, and reliable energy. Some actions will involve altering existing laws, while others will require financial support that would come from increasing or reallocating existing budgets. The committee believes that ongoing evaluation of the results should be included in all of the measures.
"America must act now to preserve its economic
and strategic security by capitalizing on its knowledge-based resources,
particularly in science and technology, and maintaining the most fertile environment for
new and revitalized industries that create well-paying jobs," said
committee chair Norman R. Augustine, retired chairman and CEO of
Lockheed Martin Corp., Bethesda, Md. "The building blocks of our
economic leadership are wearing away. The challenges that America faces
are immense."
A brief overview of the 4 recommendations follows,
with a sample of proposed actions to implement them.
Ten Million Minds, 10,000 Teachers.
Increase America's talent pool by vastly improving
K-12 science and mathematics education.
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