Reviews the current situation of mathematics in France and its potential situation in the future. Cites the lack of university teaching posts for fueling a new brain drain to the United States. Claims that the situation threatens to erode some of France's most prized intellectual achievements. (CW)

A study examined information and communication technologies (ICT) job trends and the prospects for preservation and supply of high skilled professionals in the medium and longer term in candidate countries (CCs), for admission into the European Union, focusing on Bulgaria, Estonia, Hungary, and Poland. Rapidly changing technology and growth of…