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- From: bbbehr@sunspot.noao.edu (Bradford B. Behr)
- Subject: Re: Minority Kids into Techies (was Re: Free Middle/High School Broadcasts)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.164611.1593@sunspot.noao.edu>
- Organization: National Solar Observatory/SP, Sunspot NM, USA
- References: <1992Nov16.223518.16994@nhgs.vak12ed.edu> <1992Nov16.184820.1@fnalo.fnal.gov> <BxwG0M.LvD@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <1edo1sINNgf0@transfer.stratus.com>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 16:46:11 GMT
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- In article <1edo1sINNgf0@transfer.stratus.com>
- det@phlan.sw.stratus.com (David Toland) writes:
- >
- >Why would ANYONE want to REDUCE the number of students (white or otherwise)
- >studying to enter science and technology fields??? We have few enough
- >students graduating with even minimal competence in mathematics and
- >the physical sciences.
-
- I agree about the "minimal competence" issue -- the percentage of
- people who are technologically illiterate in our increasingly
- technological society is sad and is going to (already has) lead to
- some mighty big problems. But on the other side, there's been a lot of
- posting recently on sci.research.careers about the glut of physics and
- csci PhDs, and how jobs for PhDs are hard to come by these days.
- Unless research and related opportunities are expanded, encouraging
- students (regardless of race, sex, or species) to go into the sciences
- could lead to a new population of unemployed.
-
- 'Tis a puzzlement. Solutions, anyone?
-
- Brad
-
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- Sacramento Peak National Solar Observatory, Sunspot NM 88349
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