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This document is a summary of the situations of six Asian nations (The People's Republic of China, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, and India) compared to the United States in science and technology education. The paper includes a table of the production of bachelor of science degrees in science and engineering in 1990, comparing the Asian countries as a group with the United States. Graphs of human resources discuss growth in enrollment in higher education, ratio of university enrollments to college age population, and higher education degree data. Degree information is broken down into degrees in the natural sciences and engineering. A chart shows the number and percentage of Asian students from each of the countries in question who study natural sciences or engineering at U.S. universities at the doctoral and bachelor levels. The ratio of science and engineering degrees to total degrees is represented. Expenditures for research and development are compared between the Asian countries and the United States, as are science and engineering personnel. Growth rate in gross domestic product is represented. After the general comparisons, each of the six Asian nations is discussed individually. Implications for the United States include the continuation of Asian countries' use of the U.S. higher education system. Foreign graduate student enrollment in U.S. universities and preference for natural science and engineering degrees will maintain U.S. doctoral program's strong emphasis on natural science and engineering. These nations will challenge the United States, for the personnel educated in U.S. universities for their own high technology economies. (DK)

PROBLEMS RELATED TO THE AVAILABILITY OF HUMAN RESOURCES IN LESS DEVELOPED AREAS OF THE WORLD ARE PRESENTED IN A SERIES OF PAPERS FROM A 1963 UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE. AN INTRODUCTORY SECTION EMPHASIZES MANPOWER PROJECTION AND ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUES, PUBLIC MANAGEMENT, AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY AS THEY RELATE TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THE REMAINDER OF THE VOLUME IS CONCERNED WITH THE EDUCATION OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL PERSONNEL AND IS SUBDIVIDED INTO (1) PLANNING POLICIES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL PERSONNEL AND (2) EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. TOPICS CONSIDERED IN INDIVIDUAL PAPERS INCLUDE--(1) POLICIES FOR THE INCLUSION OF SCIENCE, SCIENCE EDUCATION, AND TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, (2) THE CURRENT STATUS OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS PROGRAMS IN THE UNITED STATES, (3) TRENDS IN THE EDUCATION OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS TEACHERS, (4) PROCEDURES IN CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, (5) DESIRABLE PRACTICES IN TEXTBOOK PUBLICATION, AND (6) THE IDENTIFICATION OF SCIENCE TALENT IN YOUTH. THIS DOCUMENT IS AVAILABLE FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS, U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402, FOR $0.60. (AG)

NS 1.22:AS 4 Digitized from IA1177309-04-0023 , IA1177309-04-0024 .