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Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future (2007)
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Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future

COMMITTEE ON PROSPERING IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY OF THE 21ST CENTURY

NORMAN R. AUGUSTINE (Chair), Retired Chairman and CEO,

Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD

CRAIG R. BARRETT, Chairman of the Board,

Intel Corporation, Chandler, AZ

GAIL CASSELL, Vice President, Scientific Affairs, and Distinguished Lilly Research Scholar for Infectious Diseases,

Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN

STEVEN CHU, Director,

E. O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA

ROBERT M. GATES, President,

Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

NANCY S. GRASMICK,

Maryland State Superintendent of Schools, Baltimore, MD

CHARLES O. HOLLIDAY, JR., Chairman of the Board and CEO,

DuPont Company, Wilmington, DE

SHIRLEY ANN JACKSON, President,

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

ANITA K. JONES, Lawrence R. Quarles Professor of Engineering and Applied Science,

University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

JOSHUA LEDERBERG,

Sackler Foundation Scholar, Rockefeller University, New York, NY

RICHARD LEVIN, President,

Yale University, New Haven, CT

C. D. (DAN) MOTE, JR., President,

University of Maryland, College Park, MD

CHERRY MURRAY, Deputy Director for Science and Technology,

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA

PETER O’DONNELL, JR., President,

O’Donnell Foundation, Dallas, TX

LEE R. RAYMOND, Chairman and CEO,

Exxon Mobil Corporation, Irving, TX

ROBERT C. RICHARDSON, F. R. Newman Professor of Physics and Vice Provost for Research,

Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

P. ROY VAGELOS, Retired Chairman and CEO,

Merck, Whitehouse Station, NJ

CHARLES M. VEST, President Emeritus,

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

GEORGE M. WHITESIDES, Woodford L. & Ann A. Flowers University Professor,

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

RICHARD N. ZARE, Marguerite Blake Wilbur Professor in Natural Science,

Stanford University, Stanford, CA

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Front Matter (R1-R26)
Executive Summary (1-22)
1 A Disturbing Mosaic (23-40)
2 Why Are Science and Technology Critical to America's Prosperity in the 21st Century? (41-67)
3 How Is America Doing Now in Science and Technology? (68-106)
4 Method (107-111)
5 What Actions Should America Take in K–12 Science and Mathematics Education to Remain Prosperous in the 21st Century? (112-135)
6 What Actions Should America Take in Science and Engineering Research to Remain Prosperous in the 21st Century? (136-161)
7 What Actions Should America Take in Science and Engineering Higher Education to Remain Prosperous in the 21st Century? (162-181)
8 What Actions Should America Take in Economic and Technology Policy to Remain Prosperous in the 21st Century? (182-203)
9 What Might Life in the United States Be Like if It Is Not Competitive in Science and Technology? (204-224)
Appendix A Committee and Professional Staff Biographic Information (225-240)
Appendix B Statement of Task and Congressional Correspondence (241-248)
Appendix C Focus-Group Sessions (249-300)
Appendix D Issue Briefs (301-302)
K–12 Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education (303-324)
Attracting the Most Able US Students to Science and Engineering (325-341)
Undergraduate, Graduate, and Postgraduate Education in Science, Engineering, and Mathematics (342-356)
Implications of Changes in the Financing of Public Higher Education (357-376)
International Students and Researchers in the United States (377-396)
Achieving Balance and Adequacy in Federal Science and Technology Funding (397-414)
The Productivity of Scientific and Technological Research (415-422)
Investing in High-Risk and Breakthrough Research (423-431)
Ensuring That the United States Is at the Forefront in Critical Fields of Science and Technology (432-443)
Understanding Trends in Science and Technology Critical to US Prosperity (444-454)
Ensuring That the United States Has the Best Environment for Innovation (455-472)
Scientific Communication and Security (473-482)
Science and Technology Issues in National and Homeland Security (483-500)
Appendix E Estimated Recommendation Cost Tables (501-512)
Appendix F K–12 Education Recommendations Supplementary Information (513-516)
Appendix G Bibliography (517-536)
Index (537-564)