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The Next Great Resource Shortage: U.S. Scientists


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Barack Obama STEM

President Barack Obama tours a biotech classroom at Forsyth Technical Community College in Winston-Salem, NC, December 6, 2010.

Saul Loeb / AFP / Getty

The word "stem" is tossed around so much at education meetings these days, you'd think you were at a gardening seminar. STEM is shorthand for "science, technology, engineering, and mathematics"—all fields that are growing, providing lucrative jobs, and key to future American competitiveness.

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