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Thursday, March 17, 2005
Increased competition for resources and recognition has changed the global landscape for science and technology and is closing the gap between the US and its Asian competitors such as India, China and South Korea.
Several foreign governments are strengthening their educational and research programs in order to be ahead of the pack, Diana Hicks, professor and chair of Georgia Institute of Technology`s School of Public Policy, said.
“The gap is closing between the United States and its Asian competitors such as India, China, South Korea, Japan, and Singapore,” she said at the American Chemical Society`s national meeting in San Diego, California.
Hicks presented several benchmarks at a symposium indicating trends in Asian research and development and their impact on US education and industry.
Thes included a bigger talent pool. The number of researchers in Asia has grown rapidly as more Asians, especially the Chinese, earn doctoral degrees. At the same time, the number of U.S. Citizens pursuing doctoral degrees has been decreasing, she noted.
In addition, the number of Asian students who study for doctoral degrees in the United States dropped 19 per cent in just four years, 1994 to 1998. That`s disturbing because those students had helped make up for the dearth of US-born students enrolled in science and engineering.
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