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Journal Call no.TA1.H6
AuthorGreig, Sally.
Article TitleEngineering the engineer : local universities emphasize life-long learning over life-long employment / Sally Greig.
Is Part OfAsia engineer : the journal of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers ; v.24, no.12, Dec 1996, p.17-18, illus.
AbstractThe time is past when fleets of young engineers spent their entire careers with the companies that hired them on campus. Not only does the technical knowledge of today's graduates start to fade the day they get their first degree, but before they retire, most of them will have worked for several companies, maybe in different countries. Some would even have ventured out on their own. The author discusses on the topic of how a university can possibly prepare graduates for careers like that in only three years.