T ALENT I S T HE T REASURE - Who Are We Leaving

TALENT IS THE TREASURE E=mc2 Who Are We Leaving On The Bench? TALENT IS THE TREASURE Talent is the treasure upon which the nation’s science and engineering (S&E) enterprise rests. [...] Implement policies that ramp The CHIPS and Science Act boosted investments in supply up the flow of domestic talent chains, critical technologies, and semiconductor workforce into the STEM workforce along education and training. [...] This is talent our nation urgently needs: skilled technical workers in factories and defense Put policies in place to attract jobs, innovators to perform cutting edge research, and and retain STEM talent from STEM educators to teach our children the math, science, around the world and engineering skills that they, and our country, need. [...] A critical consideration for students is: Can I afford to go to college? Dramatically and To graduate school? Higher education costs, the percentage of students quickly improving borrowing to finance their education, and the amount of total student debt the STEM education have all grown in recent decades.2 trajectories for over The United States needs public-private solutions to encourage post- 54. [...] The United States should continue to welcome international students from around the globe – and implement policies that entice and enable them to work in the United States after they receive their degree.