Education: Training the global scientist/engineer

Does the increasing globalization of science and technology require changes in how scientists and engineers are educated?  What skills are required to navigate this new world? There are multiple aspects to this question.  First, how does the nature of the work scientistis and engineers will pursue change as the scientific and technical talent pool expands to include highly-skilled researchers in low-wage countries?  Second, what skills are necessary to collaborate (or compete) with researchers from all over the world?

The challenge, of course, is not limited only to the U.S. Countries throughout the Asia Pacific have education at the center of their plans to strengthen their place in the global technological marketplace.

Selected news articles (click icon to retrieve)

	Singapore officials envision 'Boston of the East': New York University opened a program there this fall. The Christian Science Monitor. October 02, 2007.
	Open Doors, Closed Minds? Collaborations and confrontations accompany a growing Chinese presence in American academe. Chronicle of Higher Education. May 19, 2006
	Skills Gap Threatens Technology Boom in India. New York Times. October 17, 2006
	Need to speak English puts burden on Asian scientists. Nature. January 18, 2007
	China's looming talent shortage. McKinsey Quarterly 2005. (Abstract only)
	India's faltering educational system. BBC News. August 8, 2006