@article{448525,
      recid = {448525},
      author = {Xie, Yu, and Killewald, Alexandra A.,},
      title = {Is American science in decline? /},
      publisher = {Harvard University Press,},
      address = {Cambridge, Mass. :},
      pages = {x, 230 p. ;},
      year = {2012},
      abstract = {Alarmists argue that the United States urgently needs more  and better-trained scientists to compete with the rest of  the world. Their critics counter that, far from facing a  shortage, we are producing a glut of young scientists with  poor employment prospects. Both camps have issued reports  in recent years that predict the looming decline of  American science. Drawing on their extensive analysis of  national data sets, Yu Xie and Alexandra Killewald have  welcome news to share: American science is in good health.  "Is American Science in Decline?" does reveal areas of  concern, namely scientists' low earnings, the increasing  competition they face from Asia, and the declining number  of doctorates who secure academic positions. But the  authors argue that the values inherent in American culture  make the country highly conducive to science for the  foreseeable future. They do not see globalization as a  threat but rather a potential benefit, since it promotes  efficiency in science through knowledge-sharing. In an age  when other countries are catching up, American science will  inevitably become less dominant, even though it is not in  decline relative to its own past. As technology continues  to change the American economy, better-educated workers  with a range of skills will be in demand. So as a matter of  policy, the authors urge that science education not be  detached from general education.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/448525},
}