Fostering a ‘Science Generation’ Seen as U.S. Imperative
Previous generations of Americans have been labeled Generation X, the Greatest Generation, and the Lost Generation, but if the young people of today want to succeed amid the souped-up competition of the global economy, they had better become the Science Generation.
Or so said a high-profile lineup of speakers at “Science Generation: A National Imperative,” a gathering held here last week at the American Museum of Natural History.
“My daughter and your children will ... in all likelihood inherit a lower standard of living,” unless U.S. students acquire greater passion for science, said U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon of Tennessee, the Democrat who chairs the House Committee on Science and Technology. “We have to have the kind of technical workforce that can compete, and we simply...
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