Since EVERY academically trained scientist in America believes wholeheartedly in Darwinism, WHY are we losing ground to just about everybody else in biological research?
Because we have too many religion-addled fools for parents who are dead set against teaching science to their children if that science conflicts with their religious myths. That's why.
Not enough Americans in the field.
Two reasons: poor preparation and lack of funding for students.
As for the poor preparation...I've seen it first hand in trying to teach first year college bio. HS teachers seem to tiptoe around anything that might get Creationists upset, so the kids come in knowing very little in areas that touch on evolution. Then I waste time explaining that in bio class you have to study what biologists think, not argue about it before you even begin to understand it.
It's the new Dark Ages. C. P. Snow was right.