TAPPING AMERICA’S POTENTIAL

Congressional Briefing

House R&D Caucus

November 2, 2005

Tapping America’s PotentialThe Education for Innovation Initiative

• AeA• BHEF• Business Roundtable• CSPP• Council on

Competitiveness• ITAA• ITIC

• Minority Business RoundTable

• NAM• NDIA• SIA• SIIA• TechNet• TIA• U.S. Chamber

Tapping America’s Potential:The Education for Innovation

1. Build public support2. Motivate U.S. students/adults to study

and enter STEM careers3. Upgrade K-12 teaching4. Reform immigration/visa policies5. Boost & sustain funding for basic

research

MOTIVATE U.S. TALENT

ATTRACT/RETAINFOREIGNTALENT

INCREASE$$ FOR BASIC RESEARCH

UPGRADE K-12 TEACHING

BUILDPUBLIC

SUPPORT

K-12 SILO

HIGHER EDSILO

IMMIGRATIONSILO

R&D SILO•DEFENSE•ENERGY•NSF

Different Interest GroupsDifferent CoalitionsDifferent Hill Committees

PUBLIC OPINION RESEARCH• Hart (D), Winston (R)

• Focus Groups– Parents of High School & College Students– Educators– Policymakers

• Surveys– National Sample of Opinion Leaders– National Sample of Voters

The Population Challenge

• CHINA: 1,308,917,737

• INDIA: 1,085,288,096

• UNITED STATES: 296,323,460

Without a Sputnik…

• How many times can we say the sky is falling?

• What’s different this time?

• Who is credible to whom?

NO MORE REPORTS!

• December 6: National Summit on Competitiveness: Investing in U.S. Innovation

• Move from rhetoric to action

LEADERSHIP IS ESSENTIAL

• Help folks back home understand why this issue is important to their children’s and grandchildren’s future

• Help folks back home understand why this issue is critical to U.S. security and prosperity