Only 5.5 percent of the 1.1 million high school seniors who took the college entrance exam in 2002 planned to pursue an engineering degree. And there continues to be poor representation of women and minorities in these fields. The National Academies report. "Rising Above the Gathering Storm." notes that amongst the U.S. science and technology workforce 38 percent of PhDs were foreign born. Changes need to be enacted to not only increase the number of students pursuing math and science degrees but to prepare them to pursue these degrees. Indeed. numerous national reports in recent years have called for efforts to improve K12 education. teacher preparation and professional development in the STEM areas.
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