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From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 13:53:54 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Bruce Campbell <bc () clicknation com> Date: September 21, 2004 11:35:57 AM EDT To: dave () farber net Subject: Re: [IP] more on Fixing a busted IT research system Here are the actual numbers, from the National Science Foundation: Science and engineering, total 1993 25,443 1994 26,203 1995 26,535 1996 27,240 1997 27,240 1998 27,283 1999 25,939 2000 25,962 2001 25,525 2002 24,558 which can be found here: http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/nsf04303/pdf/tab1.pdf On Sep 21, 2004, at 10:53 AM, David Farber wrote:
Begin forwarded message: From: Benjamin Kuipers <kuipers () cs utexas edu> Date: September 21, 2004 10:46:51 AM EDT To: dave () farber net Cc: Ip <ip () v2 listbox com> Subject: Re: [IP] Fixing a busted IT research systemIf going from 23,300 to 24,550 is a decline, then our problems with innumeracy are much more serious than I thought! Or is our problem with proof-reading and fact-checking in journalism?Ben Kuipers At 10:06 AM -0400 9/21/04, David Farber wrote:Fixing a busted IT research system By Ed Frauenheim Staff Writer, CNET News.com<http://news.com.com/Fixing+a+busted+IT+research+system/2008-1008_3 -5374992.html>Story last modified September 21, 2004, 4:00 AM PDT James Foley is worried.As chairman of the Computing Research Association--a group made up of academic departments, research centers and professional societies--his job at CRA is to improve computing research and education. But Foley sees troubling trends in the nation's system for nurturing and training new information technology scientists....Q: The number of science and engineering Ph.D.s awarded in the United States has been falling, from 23,300 in 1998 down to 24,550 in 2002. How big a deal is that decline?-- Benjamin Kuipers, Professor email: kuipers () cs utexas edu Computer Sciences Department tel: 1-512-471-9561 University of Texas at Austin fax: 1-512-471-8885Austin, Texas 78712 USA http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kuipers------------------------------------- You are subscribed as bc () clicknation com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ipArchives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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