Higher Engineering Education for the 21st Century: American Perspective and Its Implications for China

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10.2991/ermm-14.2014.39How to use a DOI?

Keywords

globalization, higher engineering education, engineers, technological innovation

Abstract

As the multinational companies continue to emerge worldwide, U.S. veteran companies have been challenged. By analyzing the American higher engineering education status and objectives in the 21st century, that only rely on continuous innovation and business model recreation, firmly grasp the new cutting edge of science and technology, vigorously foster the leading type of engineers, can ensure the U.S. manufacturing sector to revive past glory effectively. In this sense, to China, which has made remarkable achievements in the world, it has both enlightenment and use for reference. Accordingly, countermeasures are given to promote the development of China’s higher engineering education.

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© 2014, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Hongbo Shi
AU  - Charles Vest
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