Abstract
Two recent surveys suggest potential problems for the science and technology sector in the US. A study by William Zumeta and Joyce Raveling of the University of Washington indicates that the brightest US college graduates are increasingly rejecting careers in science and engineering in favour of jobs in business that require less training and offer higher pay. For example, the number of top undergraduates who planned to study mathematics and engineering at graduate level fell by 19% and 25%, respectively, between 1992 and 2000.During the same period the number of MBA students rose by one-third. “There is evidence that top students with science and engineering undergraduate majors played a part in this growth,” says Zumeta.
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