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Toward Better Utilization of Scientific and Engineering Talent: a Program for Action; Report (1964) / Chapter Skim
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INTRODUCTION
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... Difficult choices will have to be made among the many alternatives to which our limited supply of skilled manpower might devote its efforts. The total number of its citizens that a nation can count as scientists and engineers is only a crude index of its capability to meet its needs in science and engineering.
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... ORGANIZATION OF THE REPORT Chapter II describes the nation's needs for scientific and engineering manpower and the resources available to serve those needs. Chapters III, IV, and V set forth the Committee's findings and recommendations, divided according to three sectors: the federal government, industry, and colleges and universities.
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  • report chapter
  • manpower utilization
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  • industries changing
  • space vehicles
  • identifiable surpluses
  • technological undertakings
  • engineering manpower

  • divided according
  • discusses research
  • aircraft industry
  • employment situation
  • difficult choices

  • major considerations
  • situation remains
  • summary form
  • major effort
  • effective management

  • surpluses resulting
  • remains mixed
  • engineers employed
  • vii integrates
  • limited supply


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