Engineering Education Tasks for the New Century: -- Copyright -- OFFICE OF JAPAN AFFAIRS -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- ISSUES, FINDINGS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR JAPAN -- ISSUES, FINDINGS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE UNITED STATES -- ISSUES, FINDINGS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR BOTH COUNTRIES -- 1 Introduction -- NOTES AND REFERENCES -- 2 K-12 Education of Future Engineers -- SUMMARY POINTS -- OVERVIEW -- GENERAL FEATURES OF K-12 EDUCATION IN JAPAN AND THE UNITED STATES -- Organization, Control, and Funding -- Learning. -- Teaching -- ISSUES AND CHALLENGES RELATED TO ENGINEERING EDUCATION -- Overall Performance of the K-12 System in Mathematics and Science -- Developing New Approaches to Improved Performance -- Promoting Interest in Engineering and Technical Careers -- "Technology in Education" and "Education About Technology" -- NOTES AND REFERENCES -- 3 University Entrance Issues -- SUMMARY POINTS -- EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIAL CONTEXT -- UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE PROCESSES AND CRITERIA -- THE EXAM PREPARATION PROCESS AND INFRASTRUCTURE -- ISSUES -- Declining Interest in Math and Science. -- Opportunity Costs of Time and Resources -- The Entrance Examination System and the Academic Environment in Universities -- Other New Approaches -- PRIORITIES FOR THE FUTURE -- NOTES AND REFERENCES -- 4 Undergraduate and Graduate Education -- SUMMARY POINTS -- STATISTICS AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION -- Undergraduate Engineering Education -- Graduate Engineering Education -- CONTENT -- Undergraduate Education -- Graduate Education -- ACCREDITATION AND CONTROL -- ISSUES, CONCERNS, AND REFORM EFFORTS -- United States -- Japan -- NOTES AND REFERENCES -- 5 Life Long Learning for Engineers -- SUMMARY POINTS -- U.S. AND JAPANESE CONTEXT FOR ENGINEERING CAREERS -- U.S. Context -- Economic Context -- Corporate Context for Continuing Engineering Education in Industry.

Competitive Context for the Content of Continuing Engineering Training -- Expected Competencies of Engineers Entering the Company -- Institutions and Trends -- Other Characteristics of U.S. Engineers -- Japanese Context -- Economic Context -- Corporate Context for Continuing Education in Industry -- Expected Competencies of Engineers Entering the Company -- Institutions and Trends -- Other Characteristics of Japanese Engineers -- U.S.-JAPAN COMPARISON OF ENGINEERING CAREERS AND CONTINUING EDUCATION EXPERIENCES. -- Early Career Training -- General Issues -- Xerox Early Career Training -- Fuji Xerox Early Career Training -- The Five to Fifteen Year Professional -- General Issues -- Xerox Practices and Experience. -- Fuji Xerox -- Later Career Trends -- ISSUES -- Maintaining Technical Currency and Vitality -- The Importance of Diversified Experience -- Lifetime Employment and the Need for Different Perspectives -- NOTES AND REFERENCES -- 6 Meeting the Challenge of Global Engineering -- SUMMARY POINTS -- WHY ENGINEERS WITH GLOBAL CAPABILITIES? -- A U.S.-Japan Definition and Vision of the "Global Engineer" -- U.S. AND JAPANESE CONTEXT FOR DEVELOPING AND UTILIZING ENGINEERS WITH INTERNATIONAL SKILLS -- The Place of Engineers in Society -- Incentives for Organizations. -- Incentives for Individuals -- Accreditation and Certification Standards -- U.S. AND JAPANESE PERSPECTIVES ON GLOBAL ENGINEERING TASKS AND NECESSARY SKILLS -- The Challenge of Organizing and Managing Multinational Product Teams -- Teamwork -- Language and Cultural Skills -- Knowledge of Business and Engineering Culture. -- "Engineering" Aspects of Global Engineering -- INSTITUTIONS AND RESOURCES FOR PREPARING THE GLOBAL ENGINEER IN THE UNITED STATES AND JAPAN -- When in Their Careers is it Advantageous for Engineers to Develop International Skills?.

University-Based and Other Formal Educational Programs -- The Need for New Approaches and Expanded Efforts -- Possible tasks -- Options. -- NOTES AND REFERENCES -- 7 The Future University -- SUMMARY -- CONTEXT -- CHALLENGES FOR U.S. AND JAPANESE ENGINEERING SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES -- EXAMPLES OF JAPANESE APPROACHES -- Tokyo Denki University. -- Japan-Indonesia Science and Technology Forum -- University of the Air -- Hokkaido Information University -- Tokyo Institute of Technology -- Space Collaboration System -- EXAMPLES OF U.S. APPROACHES6 -- Polytechnic University. -- National Technological University -- Stanford University -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology -- NOTES AND REFERENCES -- 8 Conclusions and Recommendations -- CONCLUSIONS -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- By the Japanese Working Group (for Japan) -- By the U.S. Working Group (for the United States) -- By the Joint Task Force (for both Japan and the United States).