IP: A quote from the NY Times -- Five Questions for Gordon E. Moore Technology Intensifies the Law of Change EDUCATION in the USA

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

Answers by Gordon Moore . I agree with Gordon!! djf

>Q. What do you see as the most prominent threats to United States economic 
>dominance in the future?
>
>A. I have a concern that we're not training enough of the U.S. population 
>to maintain our technical lead. Our outstanding universities, which are 
>the envy of the world, are training half foreign-born students who are 
>going back to where they came from. I see our tech companies taking 
>advantage of well-trained people in other countries. But we're in danger 
>of exporting a lot of technological advantage because we're not training 
>enough people here. Education, that's our Achilles' heel.

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/27/technology/27FIVE.html



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