Hal Salzman is a sociologist and professor of public policy at the E.J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy as well as the J.J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University. His research focuses on the globalization of science and engineering, science and engineering workforce education and development, workplace restructuring, skill requirements and technology. His recent articles include an analysis of international educational performance (in Nature) and new approaches to science and technology policy. With colleagues, he is studying the globalization of engineering and has conducted a number of studies of the information technology industry and of corporate restructuring and the impact on jobs and training. His current projects include a National Science Foundation study of globalization; a National Science Foundation/International Polar Year study of employment, subsistence and sustainability in the Arctic; and a Sloan Foundation study of the science and engineering workforce.

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The Consequences of the First Brain Drain in U.S. History

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