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National Defense June 2007 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.	Education Trends Portend Trouble for Defense One of the most troubling trends in the U.S. is that our schools are producing fewer U.S.-born science and math graduates than countries such as China, Taiwan, South Korea, India and Mexico.
National Defense January 2013 Yasmin Tadjdeh	Budget Woes Driving Scientists, Engineers Away from Defense Department Jobs The budget crunch is a new factor preventing the Defense Department from recruiting and retaining top talent within its science, technology, engineering and mathematics workforce, a recent report found.
National Defense June 2010 Cynthia D. Miller	Business, Industry STEM Education Coalition Launched The search for scientists, technologists, engineers and mathematicians has become a major focus for many government and business sectors.
InternetNews August 3, 2007 Roy Mark	Competition Bill Passed to President's Desk The America Competes Act calls for doubling spending on research and math, science and engineering education.
National Defense March 2012 Edward Swallow	Rep. Mike Honda Introduces Bill to Boost STEM Education The chairman of the National Defense Industrial Association's Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Workforce division spoke to Rep. Mike Honda, D-Calif., regarding a bill he recently introduced, the STEM Education Innovation Act.
National Defense January 2016 Stew Magnuson	More Learning, Less Testing to Boost STEM The defense and aerospace workers of the 21st century will need more than expertise in STEM fields. They will need to be creative, critical thinkers, and they will need to know how to work in teams to solve problems.
National Defense July 2009 Edward M. Swallow	'Project Lead the Way' Key to Future Defense Industry Workforce Maintaining a highly skilled U.S. aerospace, defense and homeland security work force is critical to the nation's security and economic strength, so the National Defense Industrial Association is taking action.
T.H.E. Journal February 1, 2010 David Nagel	EETT Eliminated in 2011 Obama Budget Proposal Despite an overall $3.5 billion increase in education spending, the proposed $3.8 trillion 2011 budget zeroed out the only federal source of funding specifically dedicated to education technology.
National Defense September 2010 Mark Russell	One Company's Approach to Solving the Nation's STEM Dilemma Raytheon understands how to analyze complex systems in a comprehensive manner. These analysis techniques can be applied to the education problem of producing enough technology and engineering graduates.
IEEE Spectrum April 2006 Stephen Barlas	Crazy About Competitiveness The U.S. Congress and the White House look to boost science and technology education in the 2007 federal budget.
Geotimes March 2006 Linda Rowan	Fueling America's Innovation Now Meeting America's energy needs represents a major component of the creeping crisis of a shrinking skilled workforce and dampened technological advances in the US and may be the Sputnik moment we need to gain necessary advancements in research and math and science education.
National Defense April 2008 Peter M. Steffes	Sustaining Workforce is NDIA's Top Issue The National Defense Industrial Association identified the sustaining of the U.S. national security workforce advantage as its number one priority in 2008.
T.H.E. Journal December 18, 2009 David Nagel	NASA Funds Target 13 K-12 STEM Education Programs Thirteen K-12 STEM education initiatives will receive an infusion of more than $12 million through NASA's Nspires program. The programs to be funded incorporate a range of technologies, from online social networking to virtual learning to digital media.
National Defense February 2012 Sandra I. Erwin	It's a Hobson's Choice: Dollars For Defense or for Education? In today's zero-sum budget world, every federal program is in a cutthroat fight for survival. Defense and education are no exception. As the largest slice of the government's discretionary spending pie, defense competes for dollars with everything else, including education.
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National Defense October 2009 Cynthia D. Miller	Bill to Establish Office of STEM Education The government has more than a dozen agencies dedicated to science, technology, engineering and math initiatives with more than $3 billion allocated to these efforts in 2006.
InternetNews December 16, 2005 Roy Mark	A Bipartisan Push For More Tech Money New legislation calls for doubling funding for National Science Foundation, graduate fellowships and advanced training.
Chemistry World May 16, 2011 Rebecca Trager	NSF five year plan to keep US science on top The agency plans to ensure that the US remains pre-eminent in S&E research and education.
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Chemistry World October 25, 2011 Rebecca Trager	US STEM graduates look beyond science for careers Concern that the US is losing its scientific and technological pre-eminence has been growing for some time, accelerated by recent economic turmoil, but a new report suggests that the issue goes beyond the need for more professional scientists, engineers and mathematicians.
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IndustryWeek January 1, 2005 Patricia Panchak	Fund The Future To make U.S. companies and the workers they employ more competitive, policymakers have to think in terms of investing in the industries of the future, not those of the past.
Geotimes August 2004 Sherwood Boehlert	Making an Impact on the Hill At a time of increased spending on defense and homeland security, the prospects for a significant increase in the National Science Foundation budget are dim.
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T.H.E. Journal July 2006 Geoffrey H. Fletcher	Using Technology to Maintain Competitiveness: How to Get Our Groove Back As China and India threaten the supremacy of the US economy, our best hope for keeping pace is putting ed tech funding to use to galvanize education.
HHMI Bulletin February 2012 Cori Vanchieri.	Susan Singer: A Magical Moment The time to entice students to be STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) teachers is during the first years of college, says Susan Singer, a professor of natural sciences at Carleton College.
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Chemistry World April 21, 2015 Fiona Case	Gender bias in US research funding investigated At the request of three Congresswomen the US Government Accountability Office has launched an investigation into whether gender bias is influencing the awarding of research grants, which would be illegal under US law.
Geotimes February 2007 Kathryn Hansen	Terrain Flat for '08 Budget Here's a look at where and how the budget for geoscience programs will shift under the new presidential budget request, and what some of the agencies' leaders have to say about those changes.
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