Preparing chemists and chemical engineers for a globally oriented workforce : a workshop report to the Chemical Sciences Roundtable /

A workshop was organized by the CSR (Chemical Sciences Roundtable) on the topic of "Preparing Chemists and Chemical Engineers for the Global Workforce." The workshop was held to provide a forum for discussing the implications of an increasingly global research environment for a chemistry a...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Chemical Sciences Roundtable
Other Authors: Burland, Donald M. (Donald Maxwell), 1943-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2004.
Series:Online access: National Academy of Sciences National Academies Press.
Online access: NCBI NCBI Bookshelf.
Subjects:
Chemists > Vocational guidance.
Chemical engineers > Vocational guidance.
Chemistry.
Vocational guidance.
Chemical engineering.
Chemistry > Vocational guidance.
Chemistry
Vocational Guidance
Chemical Engineering
Workforce
Career Choice
Chimie > Orientation professionnelle.
Ingénieurs chimistes > Orientation professionnelle.
Chimie.
Orientation professionnelle.
Génie chimique.
chemistry.
vocational guidance.
chemical engineering.
SCIENCE > Chemistry > General.
Chemists.
Chemical engineers.
Vocational guidance
Chemical engineering
Chemical engineers > Vocational guidance
Chemists > Vocational guidance
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Table of Contents:
  • FrontMatter
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgment of Reviewers
  • Contents
  • Introduction and Summary
  • Context and Overview
  • 1 How Do National Labor Forces Become Global, and Who Should Care?
  • The Industrial Perspective
  • 2 Major Trends Shaping the Future Workplace
  • 3 Boundary-Crossing Technology Networks at Degussa
  • 4 Evolving Opportunitiesâ€? Building a Global, Technical Workforce
  • The Academic Perspective
  • 5 Does the U.S. Style of Chemical Engineering Education Serve the Nation Well?
  • 6 The Itinerant Chemistâ€?Where Will the Jobs Be in 2020?
  • 7 Attracting and Preparing Chemists and Chemical Engineers for a Global WorkforceThe International Perspective
  • 8 Seeing the World Through a Different Window
  • 9 Expanding Boundaries to Advance Medical Researchâ€? Lessons Learned at the National Institutes of Health and Ways Forward
  • Appendixes
  • Appendix A Workshop Participants
  • Appendix B Biographical Sketches of Workshop Speakers
  • Appendix C Origin of and Information on the Chemical Sciences Roundtable

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