The domestic scientific brain drain

U.S. colleges are graduating as many scientists and engineers as ever, yet employers say they are facing a shortage. Midmorning looks into the motives behind their migration into other fields like finance and what incentives are necessary to keep scientists doing the work they were trained for.

Guests

• Shirley Malcom: Head of the Directorate for Education and Human Resources Programs of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
• Hal Salzman: Public policy professor at Rutgers.

Resources

• About Shirley Malcom
• About Hal Salzman