Understanding the Educational and Career Pathways of Engineers

Understanding the Educational and Career Pathways of Engineers
ISBN-10
0309485606
ISBN-13
9780309485609
Category
Education
Pages
222
Language
English
Published
2019-01-26
Publisher
National Academies Press
Authors
National Academy of Engineering, Committee on Understanding the Engineering Education-Workforce Continuum

Description

Engineering skills and knowledge are foundational to technological innovation and development that drive long-term economic growth and help solve societal challenges. Therefore, to ensure national competitiveness and quality of life it is important to understand and to continuously adapt and improve the educational and career pathways of engineers in the United States. To gather this understanding it is necessary to study the people with the engineering skills and knowledge as well as the evolving system of institutions, policies, markets, people, and other resources that together prepare, deploy, and replenish the nation's engineering workforce. This report explores the characteristics and career choices of engineering graduates, particularly those with a BS or MS degree, who constitute the vast majority of degreed engineers, as well as the characteristics of those with non-engineering degrees who are employed as engineers in the United States. It provides insight into their educational and career pathways and related decision making, the forces that influence their decisions, and the implications for major elements of engineering education-to-workforce pathways.

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