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engineering grads

More than half of engineering doctoral degrees awarded in the U.S. go to non-U.S. citizens, according to the National Science Foundation. U.S. citizens earn the majority of bachelor's and master's degrees in engineering. An earlier version of this column incorrectly said that the bulk of all engineering degrees awarded in the U.S. go to foreign nationals.

Outsourcing Fears Help Inflate Some Numbers
is there a shortage in engineering jobs?
11-22-2005

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population

...a thumbnail description of the four generations in today's workforce and the “labels” most often attached to them.

Greatest Generation — 63 million
Baby Boomers — 77 million
Generation X — 50 million
Generation Y — 81 million

Frequently Asked Questions and Answers about Generational Differences
millenial generation

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Singapore Math

Forty-six percent of Singapore’s students were among the top 10 percent of all test takers, five times the 9 percent of U.S. students. Even a Singaporean student in the bottom quartile of Singaporean students outperformed more than two-thirds of U.S. students (Mullis, et al., 2000). In 2003, Singapore’s eighth-grade students retained the top average score among student from 46 countries (Mullis, et al., 2004).

source:
England versus America versus Singapore

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-- CatherineJohnson - 22 Nov 2005

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