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THE SKILLED TECHNICAL WORKFORCE: Crafting America's Science & Engineering Enterprise

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Publications


Broadening Participation


  • Broadening Participation in Science and Engineering Faculty (2003)

Data


  • Digital Research Data Sharing and Management (2011)

  • Long-Lived Digital Data Collections: Enabling Research and Education in the 21st Century (2005)

  • From Desktop to Teraflop: Exploiting the US Lead in High Performance Computing (1993)

Education


  • Preparing the Next Generation of STEM Innovators (2010)

  • National Action Plan for Addressing the Critical Needs of the US Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education System (2007)

  • Moving Forward to Improve Engineering Education (2007)

  • America’s Pressing Challenge: Building A Stronger Foundation (2006)

  • Preparing Our Children: Math and Science Education in the National Interest (1999)

  • The Federal Role in Science and Engineering Graduate and Postdoctoral Education (1998)

  • Educating Americans for the 21st Century (1995)

  • Toward a Public Policy for Graduate Education in the Sciences (1969)

  • Graduate Education: Parameters for Public Policy (1969)

Facilities


  • Annual Portfolio Review of Facilities FY (2014)

  • Final Report of the Task Force on NEON Performance and Plans (2016)

  • Annual Portfolio Review of Facilities FY (2012)

  • Setting Priorities for Large Research Facility Projects Supported by NSF (2005)

  • Science and Engineering Infrastructure for the 21st Century (2003)
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