President and Ceo of National Council of La Raza
President and CEO of the National Council of La Raza; former Executive Vice Chancellor for External Affairs at the University of Kansas
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Janet Murguia
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FROM Janet Murguia
To the Point
President Bush's American Competitiveness Initiative After the Soviet Union fired the first satellite into orbit, a crash program led the US to revolutionize science and technology. Now, China, India--even South Korea and Singapore--are putting the US to shame when it comes to high skills and innovation. They're turning out PhD's in science and engineering, pushing unfettered inquiry where the US once was unrivaled. On this archived edition of To the Point, President Bush says his Competitiveness Initiative will restore American leadership, but will cuts in basic education still put the country in economic jeopardy?
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