Conference on Sustaining the Science and Engineering Workforce
Tuesday, June 17, 2008 - 04:28
in Mathematics & Economics
A Massachusetts conference will address a national problem - the large percentage of students who enter college interested in science and engineering disciplines who switch to other majors, while job opportunities in these fields has quadrupled. The keynote address will be given by Linda Slakey of the National Science Foundation.
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