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In a recent international comparison of mathematical achievement sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences, U.S. 12th-graders scored better than their peers in only two countries –Cyprus and South Africa. Our nation’s students were outperformed by such countries that range from Lithuania and Slovenia to the Czech Republic and China.

Fifty years ago, the launch of Russia’s Sputnik satellite prompted the U.S. to invest heavily in science and mathematics research and education, making our nation the technological envy of the world. Today, a new “Sputnik Crisis” has emerged as California schools struggle to attract sufficient numbers of qualified math and science educators to cultivate future engineers and scientists. Our leadership in science and technology is eroding once again—not in a competition against a single military adversary, but against the rest of the world.

Mark Thiemens, Ph.D., Dean of the UC San Diego Division of Physical Sciences, William A. Lee,'79, Ph.D. '82, Senior Vice President of Research at Gilead Sciences, Inc., and Julie Dunkle, U.S. Education Project Manager at Intel, will outline the critical issue and discuss how UC San Diego is working with educators to solve this mounting problem.

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