Retention - No longer an issue?

As part of my work, I am always in midst of conversations about the need to increase the participation of students into the Engineering, Science, Technology and Math areas. In fact, the topic has remained in discussion for most of the last decade. What is concerning policy makers and educators is that US is not producing enough science and engineering (S&E) graduates. This issue has been reported in the 2002 S$E indicators: http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind02/pdf/c02.pdf - The 2002 report mentions that of the 25% students who enrolled in bachelor Science and Engineering degree programs nationwide, about one-third dropped out of the programs in their second year, and about 38% actually completed an S&E degree. That is why it was quite surprising to me that the 2010 S&E report does not mention retention as an issue. Also, if the increased federal funding during the past decade has helped increase the retention, that has not been reported in the 2010 report either (at least to my knowledge). What I would like to see is whether this issue has been addressed and if so, what strategies have been successful.