Just over 15 months ago, the Council on Competitiveness launched the National Commission on Innovation and Competitiveness  Frontiers—in the firm belief that the nation’s long-term growth in productivity and inclusive prosperity requires placing ever more attention on innovation to confer competitive advantage. 

The Council's 2019-20 annual report Making Impact features the programs, events and people that make the Council one of the premier nonpartisan policy organizations in Washington, DC.

Since the Council's founding in 1986, U.S. college and university leaders have played a central role alongside their corporate, labor and national lab peers in developing and championing critical federal and state policies to drive regional and national economic development, leadership in basic and applied research, technology commercialization and skilled job creation.  

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The Council on Competitiveness has long characterized the competitive landscape, and examined where America stands. When major competitive opportunities or challenges emerge, the Council has sought to bring those to national attention, explore their implications and develop recommendations for action. Notwithstanding a currently robust economy—rising and strong economic, productivity and job growth; historically low unemployment; wage increases; an improved tax environment; etc.—the Council believes U.S. leadership in technology and long-term competitiveness are under threat.

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