Assuring the U.S. Department of Defense a Strong Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Workforce (2012) / Chapter Skim
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the development of rapidly deployable, high-quality systems, goods, and services. Throughout the Cold War, this strategy, albeit not always perfectly implemented, proved effective because the United States had both the commitment and the resources to maintain the superior technological infrastructures and capabilities needed, and because the compelling national security mission and technical challenges attracted top STEM talent.
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Only 14 countries in the NSF analysis graduate a lower percentage of engineers than the United States: Bangladesh, Brunei, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cuba, Gambia, Guyana, Lesotho, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Namibia, Saudi Arabia, and Swaziland. Since WWII, attracting the very top students from abroad to enroll in U.S.
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points to indicators that Indian and Chinese residents in the United States are returning home in increasing numbers because of economic opportunities, access to local markets, and family ties. The Chinese Ministry of Education estimated that the number of overseas returnees to China in 2009 increased 56 percent over the previous year, and in 2010 the number increased another 33 percent over 2009 to a global total of 134,800 (China Daily, 2010, 2011)
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During the nearly half-century of the Cold War, the DOD STEM workforce took on the clear and compelling national security mission to maintain technological superiority in weapons and military systems. National security was widely accepted and supported as the highest priority for the United States.
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That stable foundation was disrupted by the stream of global changes noted above following the Cold War. The United States shifted national priorities toward domestic and social issues rather than foreign policy, and within foreign policy toward economic rather than political and military issues (Auger, 1997)
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-National Research Council (NRC) study committee will assess the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)
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1997. The National Security Council System After the Cold War In U.S.
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