Fostering flexibility in the engineering work force [[electronic resource] /] / Committee on Skill Transferability in Engineering Labor Markets, Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910778504103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1990
• ISBN: 1-280-21249-7; 9786610212491; 0-309-54346-0; 0-585-14402-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (180 p.)
• Disciplina: 331.1252
• Soggetti: Engineering - Employment - United States; Engineering - Research - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Fostering Flexibility in the Engineering Work Force""; ""Copyright""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""BACKGROUND""; ""FINDINGS""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""1 Background""; ""2 Workshop on National Needs and Technological Change: Fostering Flexibility in the Engineering Work Force""; ""3 Findings""; ""ADAPTABILITY AS AN ISSUE""; ""MOBILITY AMONG THE U.S. ENGINEERING WORK FORCE""; ""Ph.D.s in Engineering""; ""B.S. and M.S. Degrees in Engineering""; ""EDUCATION AND TRAINING""; ""Undergraduate Engineering Education""; ""Continuing or Lifelong Education and Training""""DATA AND KNOWLEDGE BASES""; ""4 Conclusions""; ""5 Next Steps""; ""Commissioned Papers""; ""National Needs and Technological Change: A Background Paper""; ""PURPOSE AND STRUCTURE OF THE WORKSHOP""; ""Changing National Priorities""; ""Technological Change""; ""Education and Training""; ""ADAPTABILITY MATRIX""; ""TERMINOLOGY""; ""BACKGROUND""; ""Selected Characteristics of Engineers""; ""Quality of Labor Market Adjustments""; ""References""; ""APPENDIX A EDUCATION FIELDS OF EARLY PH.D. NUCLEAR ; ENGINEERS""; ""EVIDENCE FROM THE 1975 SURVEY OF PH.D. SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS""""EVIDENCE FROM THE 1987 SURVEY OF PH.D. SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS""; ""The Relevance of Career-Long Education to Creating and Maintaining an Adaptable Work Force""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""CONTINUING ENGINEERING EDUCATION IS A HUMAN RESOURCE ISSUE THAT PROMPTS CONTINUAL STUDIES""; ""THE ENGINEERING WORK FORCE: A NUMBERS PROBLEM? OR A UTILIZATION PROBLEM?""; ""AN EXPLORATION OF THE ISSUES""; ""Continuing Engineering Education in the Workplace""; ""Who Pays for Continuing Education and the Issue of Part-Time versus Full-Time Education""""Graduate School, One Aspect of Continuing Education""; ""EDUCATIONAL ENTREPRENEURS ABOUND""; ""YET ANOTHER STUDY ON EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE WORK PLACE""; ""LOOKING TO THE FUTURE""; ""THE CURRENT CANON""; ""SOME QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION""; ""IMAGINARY PROFILE: TOMORROW'S ENGINEERING SCHOOLS PREPARE ENGINEERS FOR ADAPTABILITY""; ""CAN ENGINEERS LEARN TO ADAPT TO MEET CHANGING ENGINEERING EMPLOYMENT NEEDS?""; ""REFERENCES""; ""APPENDIX A""; ""APPENDIX B ENGINEERING SKILLS ASSESSMENT PROGRAM""; ""THREE COMPONENTS OF ESAP FIELD""""Specific Knowledge Inventory (FSKI)""; ""Self Assessment Test (Test) And Answers""; ""Guidance Information""; ""IMPLEMENTATION OF ESAP""; ""FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:""; ""Evidence of Adaptability in the Labor Market for Engineers: A Review of Recent Studies""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""DEGREE AND EMPLOYMENT FIELDS""; ""EARNINGS DIFFERENTIALS""; ""MOBILITY""; ""OTHER FINDINGS""; ""SUMMARY""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Adaptability of the Engineering Work Force: Information Available from the Bureau of Labor Statistics""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""DATA SOURCES""; ""INFORMATION FROM THE CURRENT POPULATION SURVEY""