NAAS/NAS Joint Policy Collaboration 2007 AAAS Annual Meeting San Francisco, CAFeb. 17, 2007 The Economy and Education: Shall the Twain Ever Meet? A Panel Discussion Daryl E. Chubin, Ph.D., Director AAAS Center for Advancing Science & Engineering Capacity

NAAS/NAS Panel – Feb. 17, AAAS Capacity Center at a Glance Origin: Established as a science & engineering human resource development consulting service August 2004 with 3-year, $400K grant from Sloan Foundation to AAAS ( Mission: Through nationally-calibrated research & technical assistance in examining programs & outcomes, foster institutional capacity to... recruit, enroll, & support STEM students diversify the faculty change programs, structures, & attitudes Clients/Sponsors: Institutions of higher education, corporations, federal agencies, & non-profits (e.g., Harvard, HP, LSU, NSF, Washington, NACME, CONNvene)... focus on research, education, and institutional climate

NAAS/NAS Panel – Feb. 17, Three Recent Sources Robert Atkinson, Deep Competitiveness, Issues in Science and Technology, Winter 2007, pp Dennis M. Bartels, The Democratization of Scientific Knowledge, Education Week, Feb. 7, 2007, p. 26. Paul E. Lingenfelter, How Should States Respond to A Test of Leadership [Spellings Commission Report]? Change, January/February 2007, pp