The president called for a greater emphasis on math and science education in a speech to the National Academy of Sciences in April.
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American taxpayers are subsidizing the training of tens of thousands of foreign graduate students in sciences, math, engineering and information technology at top American universities.
After 40 months with unemployment above 8%, and with U.S. workers continuing to lose ground to global competitors, can America really afford to have its students rank 25th among industrialized nations in mathandsciences?
Neely worries about a "lost generation" of job seekers and encourages young people to focus on gaining skills that are in demand skills in areas such as the sciences, math, engineering and other technical areas.