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United States Failing to Produce Next Generation of Scientists, Technology Leaders Say

by Michelle Nealy , May 29, 2008

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Craig Barrett, chairman of the board for the Intel Corp., said another challenge is the disconnect between higher education and K-12 education.

“By any objective measure our university system is the best in the world. How can the university system be so great and the K-12 system be not so great?” Barrett asked.

“The university system offers competitive admissions, salaries based on performance and high expectations,” he concluded.

Educational paradigms have to change if the United States is to remain competitive, Barrett insisted. “We have a generation of brilliant minds that we cannot waste. You cannot leave our Black and Hispanic populations behind.”

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