1.0 link 77712 <![CDATA[Where Have All the (American) Scientists Gone?]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gerald-bracey/where-have-all-the-americ_b_77712.html President Bush recently signed a $41 billion "America Competes" bill designed in part to produce more mathematicians and scientists. The question Bush should have asked is: what will the country do with them?

About 18 months ago, I wrote a piece for the Washington Post, "Heard the One about the 600,000 Chinese Engineers?" (not my title). After it appeared, I received numerous emails from engineers who pointed out a) there was no shortage of engineers in this country and b) engineering...

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