Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Scientists and Engineers Statistical Data System -- 3 The National Survey of College Graduates -- 4 The ACS and the SESTAT Program -- 5 Adding a Field-of-Degree Question to the ACS -- 6 Using ACS for the NSCG...

Front Matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Executive Summary -- Introduction -- Findings -- III PROCEEDINGS -- Opening Remarks -- Panel I The U.S. Experience: SEMATECH -- Panel II Current Japanese Partnerships: Selete and ASET -- Panel III European Partnerships -- Panel IV The Taiwanese Approach --...

FrontMatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Summary -- 1 The Changing Context for Foreign Assistance -- 2 Five Development Challenges -- 3 Strengthening the Science and Technology Capacity of Developing Countries -- 4 Capabilities of USAID to Use Science and Technology Effectively -- 5 USAID'S...

FrontMatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- I INTRODUCTION -- II PROCEEDINGS -- WELCOME--Charles Wessner -- OPENING REMARKS--Alan Wm. Wolff -- OPENING REMARKS--Ren Weimin -- BUILDING GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS: OPPORTUNITIES IN U.S.-CHINA COOPERATION -- PANEL I: BUILDING THE NEW ENERGY ECONOMY -- PANEL II:...

"Since 1991, the National Research Council, under the auspices of the Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy, has undertaken a program of activities to improve policymakers' understandings of the interconnections of science, technology, and economic policy and their importance for the...

FrontMatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Current Surveys: Challenges and Opportunities -- 3 Improving the Current System in the Short Term -- 4 Toward a New Data Reporting System Based on Administrative Records -- 5 Toward a Comprehensive Assessment of...