Assuring the U.S. Department of Defense a strong science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce /

"The ability of the nation's military to prevail during future conflicts, and to fulfill its humanitarian and other missions, depends on continued advances in the nation's technology base. A workforce with robust Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) capabilities is...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Committee on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Workforce Needs for the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Defense Industrial Base (U.S.), Workshop on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Workforce Needs for the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Defense Industrial Base, National Research Council (U.S.)
Format:	Conference Proceeding Book
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2012]
Subjects:	United States. > Department of Defense. Military engineering > Congresses. Armed Forces > Vocational guidance > Congresses. Military education > United States > Congresses. Employment forecasting > United States > Congresses. Science > United States > Congresses.
Online Access:	http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=13467

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Emerging science and technology fields
The STEM workforce in the defense industrial base, within DOD, and overall
Limitations to meeting workforce needs of DOD and the industrial base
Institutional capacity in education and the DOD investments needed to ensure an adequate STEM workforce.