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Mar. 16, 2012
Sizing Up America’s High-Tech Talent
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| Business and political leaders have repeatedly warned that America’s scientists and engineers are in short supply. However, some economists say the numbers indicate the opposite -- a glut of high-tech workers. A panel of experts debate whether America’s schools produce the scientific workforce needed to compete globally. |
Produced by Namisha Sarin Anand
Guests
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Charles Vest
President, National Academy of Engineering
President Emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Washington, DC -
Michael Kassner
Director of Research
Office of Naval Research
Arlington, Virginia -
Lindsay Lowell
Director of Policy Studies
Institute for the Study of International Migration
Georgetown University
Washington, DC -
Anthonette Pena
8th grade science teacher
Stuart-Hobson Middle School
District of Columbia Public Schools
Washington, DC
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