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| Information- and technology-based changes in the economy have created new opportunities for highly trained workers, and science and engineering occupational fields are growing faster than the overall growth of the American workforce, according to the National Science Foundation’s biennial report, released last week. The Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that during this decade, science and engineering occupations will grow by 47 percent, compared to 15 percent for the labor force as a whole. American high-tech manufacturers produce about 35 percent of world output of major high-tech industries.
Still, concern continues about the quality of mathematics and science education in grades K-12. (See "science teacher shortage" story) America’s high school students continue to lag in international achievement measures in science and mathematics. Although more students are taking advanced academic courses in high school, many students need remedial work in college. For the complete Science and Engineering Indicators 2002,
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