Topic: Shirley Ann Jackson
RPI President Shirley Ann Jackson is meeting with global leaders in Davos, Switzerland.. . She's taking part in the 2012 World Economic Forum. That...
The president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y., came to that job in 1999 with a stellar resume. Besides being the first...
WHO Shirley Ann Jackson LINE OF WORK Advocate in chief for building the reputation of a major research university WHERE Rensselaer Polytechnic...
More ideas from Jackson Question: Do humans have a reasonable shot at engineering our way out of the energy crisis?. Shirley Ann Jackson: We have...
Question: What are the chances that climate change is not as bad as we think it is? Shirley Ann Jackson: Well, you know I was a regulator in the nuclear arena and, you know, nuclear science and technology, nuclear energy is an ...
Question: You have said that there is a "quiet crisis" as America is falling behind in science and technology. Shirley Ann Jackson: Over the last 20 years or more, the actual growth in technology- and science-linked jobs has been about 4.2 ...
Over the last 20 years, the number of science and technology jobs in America has grown by about 4.2 percent per year-yet the availability of qualified U.S.-born workers in those fields has only grown at about 1.5 percent ...
Private college president salaries up again in new dataThe fast-growing group of millionaire private college and university presidents hit a new record in recent years, and it's likely more college leaders will make seven-figure salaries once the slumping economy rebounds.A ...