Trump science job nominees missing advanced science degrees
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When it comes to filling jobs dealing with complex science  environment and health issues  the  Trump  administration is nominating people with fewer science academic credentials than their Obama predecessors. And it's moving slower as well.
Of 43  Trump  administration nominees in science-related positions â including two for Health and Human Services secretary â almost 60 percent did not have a master's degree or a doctorate in a science or health field  according to an Associated Press analysis. For their immediate predecessors in the Obama administration  it was almost the opposite: more than 60 percent had advanced science degrees.
Including now-resigned Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price  a medical doctor  the number of political appointees with a doctorate in science or a medical degree dropped 21 percent from Obama's 19 to  Trump 's 15 in those equivalent positions. And when it comes to master's degrees  the number decreased one-third from 27 in Obama to 18 in  Trump .
 Trump  administration officials did not respond to repeated requests for comment.
None of the seven  Trump  energy science-oriented nominees â including the undersecretary for science  who did research while in the U.S. Navy â has even a master's degree in a science field  although some are lawyers and have MBAs. Five of their Obama predecessor's had master's degrees in science field and four had science doctorates â not including the Obama deputy Energy secretary  who had a doctorate in international relations. The two Obama Energy secretaries both had doctorates in physics  and Steven Chu was a Nobel prize winner in physics. Trump Energy Secretary Rick Perry has a bachelor's degree in animal science and was a former governor.
In 35 percent of the 65 senate-confirmable positions that deal with science and environment  the Trump administration hasn't nominated someone yet  including all four top positions at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Of the 23 positions that President Donald Trump hasn't nominated anyone yet to fill after 10 months  Barack Obama had picked nominees in 18 of those posts by the same time in 2009.
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When it comes to filling jobs dealing with complex science  environment and health issues  the   [TGT]   administration is nominating people with fewer science academic credentials than their Obama predecessors. And it's moving slower as well.
Of 43   [TGT]   administration nominees in science-related positions â including two for Health and Human Services secretary â almost 60 percent did not have a master's degree or a doctorate in a science or health field  according to an Associated Press analysis. For their immediate predecessors in the Obama administration  it was almost the opposite: more than 60 percent had advanced science degrees.
Including now-resigned Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price  a medical doctor  the number of political appointees with a doctorate in science or a medical degree dropped 21 percent from Obama's 19 to   [TGT]  's 15 in those equivalent positions. And when it comes to master's degrees  the number decreased one-third from 27 in Obama to 18 in  [TGT]  .
  [TGT]   administration officials did not respond to repeated requests for comment.
None of the seven   [TGT]   energy science-oriented nominees â including the undersecretary for science  who did research while in the U.S. Navy â has even a master's degree in a science field  although some are lawyers and have MBAs. Five of their Obama predecessor's had master's degrees in science field and four had science doctorates â not including the Obama deputy Energy secretary  who had a doctorate in international relations. The two Obama Energy secretaries both had doctorates in physics  and Steven Chu was a Nobel prize winner in physics. Trump Energy Secretary Rick Perry has a bachelor's degree in animal science and was a former governor.
In 35 percent of the 65 senate-confirmable positions that deal with science and environment  the Trump administration hasn't nominated someone yet  including all four top positions at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Of the 23 positions that President Donald Trump hasn't nominated anyone yet to fill after 10 months  Barack Obama had picked nominees in 18 of those posts by the same time in 2009.