Lifelong Learning Imperative in Engineering
Summary of a Workshop
Debasish Dutta
Rapporteur and Program Chair
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ORGANIZING COMMITTEE FOR WORKSHOP ON THE LIFELONG LEARNING IMPERATIVE
LINDA P.B. KATEHI, Chair,
Drexel University
JOHN SEELY BROWN,
University of Southern California
JAMES J. DUDERSTADT,
University of Michigan
PATRICK NATALE,
American Society of Civil Engineers
JAMES J. PORTER,
DuPont
ELIZABETH SHANAHAN,
Society of Women Engineers
PHILIP T. WOODROW,
Merck & Company
WM. A. WULF,
University of Virginia
Rapporteur and Program Chair
DEBASISH DUTTA,
University of Illinois and CASEE Scholar in Residence
Staff
NORMAN L. FORTENBERRY, Director,
Center for the Advancement of Scholarship on Engineering Education
JASON O. WILLIAMS, Senior Financial Assistant
Acknowledgments
The committee wishes to thank the individuals that participated in the June 2009 workshop on the lifelong learning imperative. The conversations and insights gained in that workshop provided excellent guidance for the structure of this report. Dr Anthony Walters assisted in preparing this workshop summary. Myles Boylan, Ping Ge, Carol Stoel and Anthony Walters assisted in the workshop breakout sessions. Special thanks are extended to the National Science Foundation for partial support of this activity under grant DGE-0829142. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in the recommendation in this publication are those of the author or workshop attendees and not necessarily those of the National Science Foundation or the National Academy of Engineering.
This workshop summary has been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and expertise, in accordance with procedures approved by the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the author and the NAE in making the published report as sound as possible and to ensure that the workshop summary meets institutional standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the deliberative process. We wish to thank the following individuals for their review of this workshop summary:
Nelson Baker, Georgia Institute of Technology
Rodica A. Baranescu, Navistar International Corporation
John A. Casazza, American Society of Civil Engineers
Donald Keating, University of South Carolina
Sean Newell, Ford Learning and Development
Betty Shanahan, Society of Women Engineers
Although the reviewers listed above provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the final draft of the report before its release. The review of this workshop summary was overseen by Alice Agogino, University of California, Berkeley. She was responsible for making sure that the independent examination of this workshop summary was carried out in accordance with institutional procedures and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content of this workshop summary rests entirely with the author and the institution.
