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07-09-2004, 02:09 PM
The Energy Department is staring a campaign in order to encourage more students to become scientists and engineers. The department will focus on middle school age children, since this is the age when interest is science “wanes” according to Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham. The program will award scholarships at national labs for math and science teachers. It also will require the 17 labs to host a total of 2,000 fifth- and eighth-graders for at least one day each year. Abraham said the department has not yet figured the program's cost, but he expected the country's national labs to contribute money, equipment and employees.
“Now and for the foreseeable future, it is a simple fact that work will migrate to the nation with the most skilled work force," Abraham told about 300 people at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center.
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“Now and for the foreseeable future, it is a simple fact that work will migrate to the nation with the most skilled work force," Abraham told about 300 people at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center.
For more information see: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1894&ncid=1894&e=8&u=/ap/20040709/ap_on_sc/science_careers