JoinEditorial: No Time for Complacency
What accounts for our citizens' apparent lack of interest in scientific careers? The National Science Foundation (NSF) and other agencies have pumped tens of billions into science education improvement at all levels, and while there is still much room for improvement at the precollege level where science is often taught by marginally qualified persons in schools lacking adequate facilities and equipment, many of the nation's undergraduate programs have been upgraded. Employment considerations are often times a deciding factor.