The President 



The President leads. His influence 

 is broad, strong, and immediate. 

 The Task Force respectfully re- 

 quests the President to: 



Action: Take the lead in devel- 

 oping specific national education 

 goals, performance standards, and 

 timetables needed for meeting 

 them: Special emphasis should be 

 placed on mathematics and sci- 

 ence capabilities of all students. 



Action: Create a National Action 

 Council of our country's highest 

 leaders to ensure that all sectors 

 of society broaden participation in 

 the Nation's science and engineer- 

 ing workforce. Council members 

 should include chiefs of Federal 

 agencies, chief executive officers of 

 industry, presidents of universi- 

 ties, heads of school systems, 

 chairs of foundations and State 

 Governors. 



Action: Direct the White House 

 Office of Science and Technology 

 Policy to establish a Federal Coor- 

 dination Committee for Science, 

 Engineering and Technology to 

 provide visibility, coordination and 

 accountability for Federal agency 

 plans to strengthen the science 

 and engineering workforce. 



Action: Convene an annual 

 meeting of chief executive officers 

 of leading U.S. corporations to 

 report on the state of the Nation's 

 science and engineering enterprise 

 and the efforts of the business 

 sector to develop a fully competi- 

 tive workforce for the 21st cen- 

 tury. 



Action: Establish the long-term 

 national agenda for ensuring that 

 all young people in our country 

 will be prepared for and encour- 

 aged to pursue careers in science 

 and engineering. 



