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Each of 32 nonprofit organizations contributing a presentation to the Pan-Organizational Summit on the Science and Engineering Workforce (November 11-12, 2002; The National Academies, Washington, DC) was invited to issue a corresponding position paper to be reproduced in this volume. The bulk of this report comprises these papers. In addition, Shirley Jackson and Joseph Toole, two of the keynote speakers, have included their remarks.Table of Contents Front Matter The U.S. Science & Engineering Workforce: An UnconventionalPortrait Position Paper on the U.S. Science & Engineering Workforce Position Paper on the U.S. Science & Engineering Workforce Statement on Workforce Issues The Physics Educated Workforce Foreign Scientists Seen Essential to U.S. Biotechnology Academic Prerequisites for Licensure and Professional Practice Engineering Education and the Science & Engineering Workforce Strengthening Pre-College Science, Math, Engineering and TechnologyEducation: The Technological Literacy and Workforce Imperative A National Strategy to Face Vulnerability in Science Engineeringand Technology Position Paper on the U.S. Science & Engineering Workforce Position Statement Building a Pipeline for American Scientists and Engineers Position on the U.S. Science & Engineering Workforce Increasing the Supply of Underrepresented Persons of Color inScience and Engineering Occupations Position Paper on the U.S. Science & Engineering Workforce Inititative on Precollege Science, Math and Technology, EducationIn Support of the U.S. Science and Engineering Workforce Effects of the Current Economic Downturn on the U.S. Science andTechnology Workforce: Long Term Implications Trying Times for U.S. Engineers The Underrepresentation of Women in Engineering and RelatedScience: Pursuing Two Complementary Paths to Parity NACME, Enginerring, and Skills for a 21st Century Workforce: Can We Meet the Challenge? Transforming the Academic Workplace: Socializing UnderrepresentedMinorities into Faculty Life Mathematics As a Foundation for a Productive Science andEngineering Workforce Utilization of African American Physicists in the Science &Engineering Workforce Building a Federal Civil Service for the 21st Century: TheChallenge of Attracting Great Talent to Government Service Position Statement on the U.S. Science & Engineering Workforce Is There a Shortage of Scientists and Engineers? How Would We Know? Position of the Board of Directors on the U.S. Science &Engineering Workforce U.S. Science and Engineering Workforce: Equity and Participation WEPAN Position Statement Concluding Remarks Appendix A: Keynote Speaker Addresses Appendix B: Non-Profit Organizations Participating in thePan-Organizational Summit on the U.S. Science and EngineeringWorkforce Appendix C: Summit Agenda Appendix D: National Academies Publications on the Science &Engineering Workforce, Bibliography