Without proper investment in the engineering, science, technology and mathematics education, the United States could lose its “worldwide dominance” in those areas.
In order to maintain its technological and scientific supremacy, the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering and the Institute of Medicine recently recommended that the U.S. double its number of graduates in these areas, specifically minority graduates.
Minority groups such as Hispanics, African Americans and Native Americans represented only 9% of employees in science, engineering and related careers in 2006. For the United States to continue to have a leading role in these fields, say the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering and the Institute of Medicine, schools must invest heavily in these minority groups.
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