Garcia and W e i n g a r m n RWORa,~IATION T E C . ~ O G Y .AND EDUCATION: PUBLIC POLICY AND AMERICA'S FUTURE Do Linda Garcia Fred W~ Weingarten Office of Technology Assessment United States Congress Washington D. C. 20510 This review is largely based on ~he findings of our report~ IMonnational Technolo/Lv, and the I m ~ c t on American Education) conducted by the C~fice of Technology Assessment and delivered to the Congress a little over a year ago. We also l:ake into account subsequent events and analyses~ including the recent release of an OTA report on manufacturing automation that examined the impacts of autcmation on education and training. The Office of Technology Asses~nent (OTA) is an agency ol Congress responsible for e x a m i n i n g the l o n g - t e r m policy i m p a c t s of new technologies. Bipartisan and bicameral~ it perlorms its studies in response to requests by one or more committees. It is o v e r s e e n by a Technology Assessment Board consisting of six Senators and six Congressmen, three of
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