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... Lifelong Learning Imperative in Engineering Workshop National Academy of Engineering Debasish Dutta Rapporteur & Program Chair June 17-18, 2009 Hilton Arlington 950 North Stafford Street Arlington, VA 22203
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... Two decades ago, the U.S. National Research Council Panel on Continuing Education in its report, Continuing Education of Engineers, recommended a collaborative effort among industry, university, and government to "establish the spectrum of values and objectives of continuing education for individual engineers in industry, and academia and to describe how continuing education could or should operate in the engineering world of tomorrow." Since then many continuing education programs have been developed and are offered by professional societies and universities.
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... By bringing together stakeholders including policy makers, the LLI workshop has opened a national dialogue on lifelong learning for engineering professionals in the knowledge age. The workshop identified critical issues worthy of being pursued in depth.


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