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Front Matter i-xii
The U.S. Science & Engineering Workforce: An Unconventional Portrait 1-7
Position Paper on the U.S. Science & Engineering Workforce 8-17
Position Paper on the U.S. Science & Engineering Workforce 18-22
Statement on Workforce Issues 23-28
The Physics Educated Workforce 29-34
Foreign Scientists Seen Essential to U.S. Biotechnology 35-36
Academic Prerequisites for Licensure and Professional Practice 37-39
Engineering Education and the Science & Engineering Workforce 40-46
Strengthening Pre-College Science, Math, Engineering and Technology Education: The Technological Literacy and Workforce Imperative 47-51
A National Strategy to Face Vulnerability in Science Engineering and Technology 52-57
Position Paper on the U.S. Science & Engineering Workforce 58-67
Position Statement 68-70
Building a Pipeline for American Scientists and Engineers 71-78
Position on the U.S. Science & Engineering Workforce 79-83
Increasing the Supply of Underrepresented Persons of Color in Science and Engineering Occupations 84-90
Position Paper on the U.S. Science & Engineering Workforce 91-96
Inititative on Precollege Science, Math and Technology, Education In Support of the U.S. Science and Engineering Workforce 97-104
Effects of the Current Economic Downturn on the U.S. Science and Technology Workforce: Long Term Implications 105-108
Trying Times for U.S. Engineers 109-118
The Underrepresentation of Women in Engineering and Related Science: Pursuing Two Complementary Paths to Parity 119-126
NACME, Enginerring, and 127-133
Skills for a 21st Century Workforce: Can We Meet the Challenge? 134-137
Transforming the Academic Workplace: Socializing Underrepresented Minorities into Faculty Life 138-144
Mathematics As a Foundation for a Productive Science and Engineering Workforce 145-148
Utilization of African American Physicists in the Science & Engineering Workforce 149-155
Building a Federal Civil Service for the 21st Century: The Challenge of Attracting Great Talent to Government Service 156-160
Position Statement on the U.S. Science & Engineering Workforce 161-166
Is There a Shortage of Scientists and Engineers? How Would We Know? 167-179
Position of the Board of Directors on the U.S. Science & Engineering Workforce 180-187
U.S. Science and Engineering Workforce: Equity and Participation 188-194
WEPAN Position Statement 195-200
Concluding Remarks 201-202
Appendix A: Keynote Speaker Addresses 203-217
Appendix B: Non-Profit Organizations Participating in the Pan-Organizational Summit on the U.S. Science and Engineering Workforce 218-219
Appendix C: Summit Agenda 220-223
Appendix D: National Academies Publications on the Science & Engineering Workforce, Bibliography 224-228

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Pan-Organizational Summit on the U.S. Science and Engineering Workforce: Meeting Summary (2003)

Chapter: Academic Prerequisites for Licensure and Professional Practice

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Pan-Organizational Summit on the U.S. Science and Engineering Workforce: Meeting Summary (2003)

Chapter: Academic Prerequisites for Licensure and Professional Practice