November 16, 2007

Researchers Dispute Notion That America Lacks Scientists and Engineers

By RICHARD MONASTERSKY

Researchers who track the American labor market told Congress last week that, contrary to conventional wisdom, the United States has more than enough scientists and engineers and that federal agencies and universities should reform the way they train young scientists to better match the supply with the demand for researchers.

At a hearing of a subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives science committee, Michael S. Teitelbaum, vice president of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation,

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