INSPIRE Track 1: Understanding the Engineering Education--Workforce Continuum

该INSPIRE奖的部分资金来自教育和人力资源部本科教育司的STEM本科教育转型项目，以及工程教育司和工程管理局的中心。该项目在一个由国家专家组成的委员会的监督下，采用严格的数据收集和分析过程，探索一系列关于在美国接受工程师培训或被聘为工程师（没有获得工程学位）的人的职业选择的问题。作为美国国家科学院的一部分，美国国家工程院在就国家利益问题提供独立和值得信赖的建议方面有着悠久的历史。随着全球化和经济调整继续影响美国保持技术竞争力的能力，工程教育和工程师的作用将变得比今天更加重要。重新审视这个国家创新能力的重要组成部分，有助于制定各种政策。

This INSPIRE award is partially funded by Transforming Undergraduate Education in STEM Program in the Division of Undergraduate Education in the Directorate for Education and Human Resources and by the Division of Engineering Education and Centers in the Directorate for Engineering. The project is using a rigorous process of data gathering and analysis, overseen by a committee of national experts, to explore a set of questions about the career choices of those who are trained as engineers or are employed as engineers (without earning a degree in engineering) in the United States. The National Academy of Engineering, part of the National Academies, has a long track record of providing independent and trustworthy advice on matters of national interest. As globalization and economic readjustments continue to affect the ability of the United States to remain technologically competitive, the roles of engineering education and of engineers will become even more critical than they are today. A fresh look at this vital segment of the nation's innovation capability is useful for a variety of policy-making purposes.