Lifelong Learning for Engineers and Scientists in the Information Age

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Introduction

What are necessary critical-thinking skills for engineers and scientists to have in order to enter the workforce? What skills do they need in order to stay current in a changing world throughout the course of a long career span? Educators, students, and employers alike may also ask how best to develop these skills. Certainly, in an era of prevalent electronic information, information overload, and tight academic and corporate budgets, those with the best-developed skills stand a much better chance of achieving lifelong career success. Educators seek to prepare students as thoroughly as possible for their careers, and employers seek to hire versatile and competent employees. In the United States, despite pressures of marketplace ...