The Future of NSF On Its 60th Anniversary
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Organization:National Science Foundation - NSF |
| Description: | Webcast of the National Science Foundation's 60th Anniversary Symposium during the 2010 AAAS Annual Meeting where past and present NSF leaders reflected upon 25 years of experience and offered advice about the agency's future. The symposium was introduced by Patricia Galloway, Vice-Chair of the National Science Board. Other speakers were current and former NSF Directors (Rita Colwell, Neal Lane, Walter Massey, Eric Bloc and Arden Bement). Steven Beering, Chair of the National Science Board, gave concluding remarks and moderated the discussion. "Each of the presenters reflected on his or her particular history at the NSF and the issues that were most significant at the time although certain themes were common to all the presentations. Using an analogy of the launching of Sputnik in 1957, which panicked the American people and led to a massive infusion of funding for NSF (and American science and technology in general), Dr. Rita Colwell, NSF director from 1998 to 2004 and the first speaker, established two major themes which were echoed, with variations, by the succeeding presenters. One was that increased investment in science and engineering research was necessary for the economic well being and international competitiveness of the United States. She identified the infusion of funding by the Chinese in particular, and Asia in general, as the “silent Sputnik.” Secondly, tied to this challenge was the necessity of NSF to solve one of the most difficult and continuing challenges it has faced: to provide the nation with a scientifically literate workforce by improving science education, especially at the kindergarten through 12th grade levels." |
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| Keywords: | NSF National Science Foundation science policy integration of research and education Mathematics |
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Great talks about lessons learned in science and technology research, education and outreach with a view to the future. |
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| Publication Date: | May 2010 |
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| Download URL: | http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/nsf_future/video01.jsp |
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NEEDS
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