The Top Science Questions Facing America: 2012 Edition
The suggestion portion of the process is now closed. We are now in phase two: taking your submissions under advisement and working with a panel of representatives from leading U.S. science organizations to consolidate ideas and craft the top science questions facing America in 2012.
What are the top science questions the candidates for president should answer? We’re not interested in quizzing candidates on the particulars of cell mitosis or the third digit of pi. We want to know their positions on the big science and engineering policy questions that affect all our lives. The questions we will consider most successful will probe the candidates on the broad, important issues of our day around science in an insightful and fair way.
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Do you believe that importing large numbers of science and technology workers (H-1B visa) discourages Americans from pursuing these careers?
The best estimates, based on new visa admissions and renewals, puts the numbers of H-1B workers in the U.S in 2009 at between 600,000 and 650,000 and the number of L-1 visa holders at 350,000 -- that puts a million foreign guest workers in the United States, largely in STEM industries, while the federal government has not demonstrated the capacity to identify the need for such workers, or to ensure employer compliance with the provisions of these guest worker programs. And the tech industry is calling for a major expansion of guest worker programs.
34 votesfixed typo, although this appears somewhat redundant to a similar question.
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Do you consider other world powers to be in cooperation or competition with American technology and innovation?
Do we share or hide our science and innovation? Which countries do we work with and which do we not?
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