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Record Nr.

UNINA9910973560503321

Titolo

Pan-organizational summit on the U.S. science and engineering workforce : meeting summary / / Marye Anne Fox ; Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable ; National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2003

ISBN

9786610209187

9780309167871

0309167876

9781280209185

1280209186

9780309525305

0309525306

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (239 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

FoxMarye Anne <1947-2021.>

Soggetti

Scientists - United States

Engineers - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

FrontMatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation -- Alliance for Science and Technology Research in America (ASTRA) -- American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) -- American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) -- American Institute of Physics (AIP) -- American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) -- American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) -- American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) -- American Society of Mechanical Engineers International (ASME) -- Building Engineering and Science Talent (BEST) -- Business-Higher Education Forum (BHEF) -- Coalition of the Concerned for the Vitality of the Science and Engineering Workforce -- Council on Competitiveness -- Commission on Professionals in Science and Technology (CPST) -- Educational Testing Service (ETS) -- Global Alliance -- Industrial Research Institute



(IRI) -- Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) -- The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers-United States of America (IEEE-USA) -- MentorNet -- National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME) -- National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) -- The National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science (GEM) -- National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) -- National Society of Black Physicists (NSBP) -- Partnership for Public Service (PPS) -- Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL) -- RAND -- Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society -- Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) -- Women in Engineering Programs and Advocates Network (WEPAN) -- Concluding Remarks -- Appendix A-Keynote Speaker Addresses -- Appendix B-Nonprofit Organizations Participating in the Pan-Organizational Summit on the U.S. Science and Engineering Workforce (November 11-12, 2002).

Appendix C-Summit Agenda Pan-Organizational Summit on the U.S. Science and Engineering Workforce -- Appendix D-National Academies Publications on the U.S. Science and Engineering Workforce.

Sommario/riassunto

Each of 32 nonprofit organizations contributing a presentation to the Pan-Organizational Summit on the Science and Engineering Workforce (November 11-12, 2002; The National Academies, Washington, DC) was invited to issue a corresponding position paper to be reproduced in this volume. The bulk of this report comprises these papers. In addition, Shirley Jackson and Joseph Toole, two of the keynote speakers, have included their remarks.