The U.S. scientific and technical workforce improving data for decisionmaking / Terrence K. Kelly ... [et al.].

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Series: Conference proceedings (Rand Corporation) ; 194.Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2004Description: xix, 114 pages : illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:

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0833036513

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United States scientific and technical workforce improving data for decisionmaking

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Summary: Concerns about the size and adequacy of the U.S. scientific, technical, engineering, and mathematics workforce have been voiced repeatedly over the years, though surpluses have been more common than shortages. The RAND Corporation convened conference documented here worked to explore the limitations of existing data and to uncover possible improvements. This volume presents the papers delivered and discussed at the workshop, as well as RAND's synthesis of workforce data needs and opportunities for meeting those needs.

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"June 2004."

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"The research described in this report was conducted ... for the Office of Science and Technology Policy and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation."--Title page verso.

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Concerns about the size and adequacy of the U.S. scientific, technical, engineering, and mathematics workforce have been voiced repeatedly over the years, though surpluses have been more common than shortages. The RAND Corporation convened conference documented here worked to explore the limitations of existing data and to uncover possible improvements. This volume presents the papers delivered and discussed at the workshop, as well as RAND's synthesis of workforce data needs and opportunities for meeting those needs.

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