US Science Education: The View from a Practicing Scientist |
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| Authors: | RUTH A. ALTSCHULD |
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| Affiliation: | Ruth Altschuld received a BS in zoology from Ohio University in 196:L, an MS in clinical pathology from Ohio State University in 1962, and a PhD in physiological chemistry from Ohio State In 1966. She is currently an Investigator of the Ohio State University Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute and Professor Emeritus of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry. She is also the newly elected Secretary of the Biophysical Society. |
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Science and mathematics education in the US is failing to produce an adequate number of American scientists. Foreign postdoctoral fellows and students who typically remain in the US and become permanent residents and citizens increasingly populate US research laboratories. Were these foreign scientists to return home upon completion of their training, we would be facing a severe shortage of well‐trained research personnel in US laboratories. The contributions of foreign scientists to US scientific research have been important and impressive, but as noted above, there are dangers in relying on other countries to provide the basic education of scientists to fill our US laboratories. |
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