Education for the Manufacturing World of the Future -- Copyright -- PREFACE -- PURPOSE OF THE SYMPOSIUM -- Contents -- MANUFACTURING AND EDUCATION: REFLECTIONS ON A SYMPOSIUM -- DILEMMAS AND CONNECTIONS -- VALUE OF THE MEETING -- CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- The Changing Face of U.S. Manufacturing -- WHAT IS POSSIBLE -- A HISTORIC VIEWPOINT -- WHAT CAN INDUSTRY DO? -- WHAT CAN UNIVERSITIES DO? -- WHAT CAN GOVERNMENT DO? -- Notes -- The U.S. Manufacturing Engineer: Practice, Profile, and Needs -- THE MANUFACTURING ENGINEERS OF TODAY AND THE FUTURE -- THE CHANGING DEMANDS ON MANUFACTURING PERSONNEL -- Production Personnel -- Technical Personnel -- Managers -- SHAPING THE CAREERS OF MANUFACTURING PROFESSIONALS -- THE EXISTING EDUCATION AND TRAINING SYSTEM -- Secondary Education -- Work Experience, On-the-Job Training, and Apprenticeships -- College and University Education in Manufacturing -- Cooperative and Corporate Education -- Continuing Education -- THE NATIONAL RESPONSE: WHAT IS HAPPENING AND WHAT IS NEEDED -- CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ACTION -- NOTES -- Meshing Education and Industrial Needs: Two Views -- A VIEW FROM INDUSTRY -- What is the Problem? -- The Shift Away From Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering -- Separation of Production and Manufacturing -- Decline of Investments -- What Are the Needs? -- Future Action -- A RESPONSE FROM ACADEMIA -- Building Excitement -- Attracting Students -- Building the Industry-University Partnership -- Getting the Best Results -- Maintaining the Lifelong Effectiveness of Engineers in Manufacturing -- WHAT IS THE PROBLEM? -- The Traditional Approach -- The Revolution of Today -- LIFELONG EFFECTIVENESS OF ENGINEERS -- What Does "Effectiveness" Mean? -- How to Determine Effectiveness -- Formulating the Development Objective -- DRIVERS AND BARRIERS TO MAINTAINING EFFECTIVENESS.

MECHANISMS FOR LIFELONG EFFECTIVENESS -- CALL FOR LEADERSHIP -- Corporate Attitudes Toward Introducing the New Manufacturing Technology -- PLANNING FOR CHANGE IN THE SMOKESTACK INDUSTRIES -- ENGINEERS AND THE APPLICATION AND TRANSFER OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES ABROAD -- Transfer of Manufacturing Technology Abroad -- Education of Manufacturing Engineers -- MANUFACTURING ISSUES IN THE SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY -- CHALLENGES TO BE MET -- The Issues and Some Answers: Recommendations of the Working Groups -- STRUCTURING THE MANUFACTURING EDUCATION SYSTEM -- The Problems and Issues -- Recommendations -- INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION IN EDUCATION FOR MANUFACTURING -- The Problems and Issues -- General Issues -- A Specific Issue -- Recommendations -- National Faculty Advanced Training Program -- Manufacturing Curricula -- INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION IN RESEARCH FOR MANUFACTURING -- The Problems and Issues -- Recommendations -- KEEPING CURRENT IN A MANUFACTURING CAREER -- The Problems, Issues, and Recommendations -- Correcting a Poor Image -- Staying Current -- Continuing Education -- NATIONAL PRIORITIES IN MANUFACTURING EDUCATION -- The Problems and Issues -- Recommendations -- APPENDIX A Statement of the Manufacturing Studies Board on the Need for Industrial-Academic Cooperation for Manufacturing… -- APPENDIX B Selected Bibliography -- APPENDIX C Symposium Participants and Working Groups -- SYMPOSIUM PARTICIPANTS -- WORKING GROUPS -- Working Group on Structuring the Manufacturing Education System -- Educators -- Manufacturers -- Others -- Working Group on Industry-University Cooperation in Education for Manufacturing -- Educators -- Manufacturers -- Others -- Working Group on Industry-University Cooperation in Research for Manufacturing -- Educators -- Manufacturers -- Others -- Working Group on Keeping Current in a Manufacturing Career -- Educators.

Manufacturers -- Others -- Working Group on National Priorities in Manufacturing Education -- Educators -- Manufacturers -- Others.