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Science 13 April 2007:
Vol. 316. no. 5822, p. 185
DOI: 10.1126/science.316.5822.185d
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PARIS--France urgently needs to take measures to recruit more young people into research careers, according to the country's new High Council for Science and Technology (HCST). To explain why enrollment in science studies has dropped some 10% in 10 years, HCST cites in a report reasons including uninspiring teaching at the high school level and the public's negative perception of science. It proposes media promotion of science, better-trained science teachers, immigration reforms, and special attention for girls. The 20-member HCST, chaired by Serge Feneuille, a former director of the National Centre for Scientific Research (Science, 17 November, p. 1059), was called into existence last year by a research reform law.




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