The National Science Board released a new report Tuesday, "Science and Engineering Indicators 2012," that found the United States slipping in comparison to Asian countries in "knowledge-intensive economies." Its findings echo many of the warnings about U.S. competitiveness, education and innovation found in another report issued Tuesday, that of the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, "Road Map to Renewal."
From the NSB's news release:
The United States remains the global leader in supporting science and technology (S&T) research and development, but only by a slim margin that could soon be overtaken by rapidly increasing Asian investments in knowledge-intensive economies. So suggest trends released in a new report by the National Science Board (NSB), the policymaking body for the National Science Foundation (NSF), on the overall status of the science, engineering and technology workforce, education efforts and economic activity in the United States and abroad.
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