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Excerpt from Reshaping the Graduate Education of Scientists and Engineers: Nas's Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy Report, Vol. 19: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Basic Research of the Committee on Science, U. S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, First Session, July 13, 1995 The Subcommittee met at 9:40 a.m. in Room 2318 of the Rayburn House Office Building, the Honorable Steven H. Schiff, Chairman of the Subcommittee, presiding. Mr. Schiff. Good morning, everybody. I would like to call the Subcommittee to order. I have a brief opening statement I would like to read into the record, and I will recognize our ranking member, Mr. Geren of Texas, for any opening statements he might like to make. We are here today to examine a report from the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Science Engineering and Public Policy, entitled "Reshaping Graduate Education of Scientists and Engineers." This report looks at the process by which scientists and engineers are educated and makes recommendations for preparing students for future success. I strongly believe that science and technological advances will eventually solve most of this country's social, economic, and environmental problems. I became a member of the Science Committee to ensure that the Federal Government's role in science is both adequate and beneficial. That said, I am pleased that the Subcommittee has this opportunity to examine the process of graduate education because of its critical link to ensuring that our Nation is able to meet these challenges with high technologies and advanced scientific solutions. The Ph.D.-level educated scientist and engineer plays a central role in the prosperity, security, and competitiveness of our Nation. Their successes are the Nation's successes. The Cosepup, which is the acronym for the committee report, urges that modifications be made to America's system of graduate education in order to ensure the future success of these individuals. This should be done not only because scientists and engineers will be employed to help solve the major social and economic concerns that we're facing, but also because today's Ph.D. candidate is tomorrow's educator. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.