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This is an excellent summary of the roundtable -- thank you!
On my blog, at http://csdiary.org, I've also posted an article about this. I chose to focus very specifically on the concept of supply-and-demand that was such a big part of the roundtable discussions. In a nutshell: I don't believe that supply/demand framework is a good one when thinking about graduate STEM education (or, at least not at the Ph.D. level). Yes, it is almost certainly a good idea of Ph.D. programs to do a better job with industry experience/internships, more formal exposure to career options, etc. But I don't believe that workforce arguments are all that informative at the Ph.D. level.
You can jump directly to the article on my blog at http://csdiary.org/2007/11/08/graduate-stem-education-roundtable/.
Thanks again for posting your summary. Very useful.