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* Education and
number of science students
decreasing
despite increasing
need
- Educational programs for clinical laboratory scientists and technicians dropped from 617 in 1995 to 480 in 2001 - 10% decline in science-related bachelor’s degrees - Reduction in the number of foreign science graduates due to U.S. visa restrictions and increasing incentives from their home countries |