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Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future
Brazil, 23 , 206
BRICs, economic competitiveness, 206 .
See also individual countries
Brin, Sergey, 35
Broadband Internet access, 12 , 15 , 201 -203 , 461 , 462
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL), 203
Building Engineering and Science Talent (BEST) committee, 167
Bulgaria, 310 -311
Bush, George W., 17 , 25 , 142 , 202 , 475 , 476
Bush, Vannevar, 66 , 112 , 398 -399
Business Roundtable, 108 , 142
Business Software Alliance, 463
C
California Teach program, 4 , 117 -119
Canada
broadband access, 462
education, 100 , 132 , 200 , 387
immigration policy, 178 , 384 -385 , 391 , 393 -394 , 395
innovation environment, 37 , 200
spending on R&D, 74
tax credits for R&D, 195
US R&D in, 86 , 195
working-age population, 212
Cancer, 55 , 57 , 59
Carbon capture and sequestration, 159
Careers in science and technology.
See also Employment;
Highly skilled workers;
Human capital development;
Researchers and scientists
academic faculty, 326 , 333 , 334 , 336 , 353
aspirations of K–12 students, 312 , 314
disincentives, 328 -333
engineers, 16 , 164 , 166 , 168 , 170 , 329 , 383
government, 169 , 333 , 334 , 336 , 351 , 353 , 481 , 494 -496 , 497 , 499
industry, 333 , 334 , 335 , 336 , 351 , 353
information about options, 351
PhDs, 351 , 353
promotion of, 326
prospects, 103 , 164 , 168 , 170 , 171 -172 , 332 -333 , 351 , 353
salaries, 338 , 339
student interest in, 98 -104 , 327 -328
trends in employment, 335 , 338
Carnegie, Andrew, 35
Case Institute of Technology, 120 n.19
Cellular phones, 71 , 462
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), 108 , 213 , 214
Center for the Study of Teaching, 116
Chemical industry, 14 , 86
Chile, 311
China
advanced instruments and facilities, 147
broadband access, 462
degrees in science or engineering, 16 , 99 , 216 , 217
doctoral production, 387 , 388
economic growth, 1 , 14 , 68 , 206 , 209 , 222
energy consumption, 221
foreign investment in, 209 , 210 , 219
graduate education, 76 , 78 , 79 , 217 , 342 , 379 , 387 , 388
highly skilled workers, 24 , 32 , 73 , 176 , 208
immigration policy, 391 , 395
incentives for returning students, 82 , 173 , 461
innovation environment, 23 , 38 , 78 , 79 , 147 , 195 , 209 , 210
market share of advanced technology, 14 , 15 , 206 -207 , 209 , 210 , 219 , 220 , 462 -463
middle-class consumer market, 14 , 206 -207
Ningbo Economic & Technical Development Zone, 195
