NSF PA/M 97-32 - September 15, 1997
Presidential Awards for Mentoring Announced
The National Science Board (NSB) will convene its first off-site
meeting of the year in Houston next month. (The board normally meets
at the National Science Foundation headquarters in Arlington, Va.)
The off-site meeting demonstrates the board's desire to reserve at
least one such meeting each year for two purposes: (1) to focus on an
important national science policy topic, and (2) to solicit input from
communities outside of Washington D.C.
The Houston meeting will focus on graduate education and will address
such questions as: What is the nation getting from the federal investment
in graduate education? Is the federal government investing in graduate
education in a way that supports national needs? Does graduate education
reflect the needs of today's workforce, and anticipate the needs of tomorrow's?
How do ongoing changes and stresses on universities relate to the quality
of graduate education?
The entire meeting will be open to the public. Expected speakers include
national and local representatives of government, industry and academe.
The meeting will take place at the University of Houston from mid-day
October 8 through mid-day October 10. A detailed agenda is available
upon request.
- Who: The National Science Board
- What: Off-Site Meeting
- When: October 8 - 10, 1997
- Where: University
of Houston
- Why: Assess
state
of
federal
role
in
graduate
education
For more information contact:
NSF:
Mary Hanson, (703) 306-1070, mhanson@nsf.gov (media)
Jean Pomeroy, (703) 306-2000, jpomeroy@nsf.gov (non-media)
UH:
Cindy Suggs, (713) 743-8155, cxsuggs@uh.edu
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