The Lifelong Learning Imperative (LLI) Workshop

终身学习势在必行（LLI）研讨会

• 批准号: 0829412
• 负责人: Norman Fortenberry
• 金额: $ 9.83万
• 依托单位: National Academy of Sciences
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-09-15 至 2010-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0829412&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Lifelong; Learning; Imperative; LLI; Workshop

In today's global knowledge-based economy, organizations and workers are coping with an ever-increasing pace of knowledge creation, particularly in the sciences and engineering. This exponential growth is gradually reducing the length of the "half-life" value of S&E degrees. In response to this challenging environment, both developed nations and the developing world are seeking to increase and sustain technical competencies and preparedness of their workforce. The U.S. makes substantial investments in higher education from the undergraduate through the postdoctoral level. But once in the workforce, opportunities available to scientists and engineers for learning experiences that would keep them at the leading edge of knowledge in their field diminish. Further, these opportunities may be falling over time due to a shortening of employment duration with a single employer with an attendant reduction in the willingness of many organizations to invest in continuing education of their employees. The consequence of this situation is to shift the burden of maintaining human capital to individual workers. While many studies from the National Academies, the Council on Competitiveness and other think-tanks have commented on the need for the U.S. to invest in lifelong learning opportunities for working professionals, an in-depth study on the topic has not been conducted since the National Academies report on continuing education was published in 1985. In the last 23 years, dramatic changes have occurred in the global economy. The purpose of this project is to begin a careful assessment of current practices in lifelong learning available to working professional scientists and engineers. In particular, it will explore for possible unmet needs in certain economic sectors or geographic regions. Our nation's technological pre-eminence has benefited from industry-university-government cooperation in determining needs for government-supported basic and applied research and investments in higher education, particularly the education of scientists and engineers. This project is exploring the extent of need and value for greater investments in lifelong learning. The Lifelong Learning Imperative (LLI) workshop is the first step. It will synthesize information gathered from in-depth interviews of thought leaders in lifelong learning from the corporate work, academia and government. This knowledge is fundamental to the development of a framework that enables our nation to sustain the intellectual capital and hence the competitiveness and of its science and engineering workforce.

在当今基于知识的全球经济中，组织和工人正在应对不断增长的知识创造速度，尤其是在科学和工程学中。这种指数增长逐渐降低了S＆E度的“半衰期”值的长度。 为了应对这个充满挑战的环境，发达国家和发展中国家都在寻求提高和维持其劳动力的技术能力和准备。美国从本科到博士后一级对高等教育进行大量投资。 但是，一旦加入劳动力，科学家和工程师都可以提供学习经验的机会，这将使他们处于领域的知识领先地位。 此外，由于雇用持续时间的缩短，这些机会可能会随着时间的流逝而下降，而单个雇主的工作时间缩短了，许多组织愿意减少许多组织对雇员进行继续教育的意愿。 这种情况的结果是将维持人力资本的负担转移到个人工人身上。 尽管来自国家科学院的许多研究，但竞争力和其他智囊团委员会对美国为工作专业人员的终身学习机会进行投资的需求发表了评论，但自1985年发表了《国家持续教育报告》以来，对该主题的深入研究并未进行。在过去的23年中，发生了巨大的变化。 该项目的目的是开始对工作专业科学家和工程师提供的终身学习中当前实践的仔细评估。 特别是，它将探索某些经济部门或地理区域中可能未满足的需求。 我们国家的技术前界限受益于行业 - 大学政府合作，从而确定对政府支持的基础和应用研究和高等教育的投资的需求，尤其是科学家和工程师的教育。 该项目正在探索在终身学习中进行更多投资的需求和价值的程度。 终身学习命令（LLI）研讨会是第一步。 它将综合从对公司工作，学术界和政府的终身学习中的思想领袖进行深入的访谈中收集的信息。这些知识是一个框架的发展，该框架使我们的国家能够维持智力资本，从而维持竞争力及其科学和工程劳动力。