Engineering Gap? Fact and Fiction
It's no time to panic about the numbers of engineers India and China are graduating compared with the U.S. Here's the real story in this big debate
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As a former tech CEO, I learned to sleep with one eye open. Competition is always looming and it doesn't take much to lose your edge. So I found you need to focus on your strengths and force the competition to battle on your own turf.
And as a professor researching engineering and globalization, I am baffled by how the U.S. seems to be doing the opposite. Instead of honing our own strengths, we're focused on the strengths of our new global competitors. The reality is India and China will always have an advantage in their numbers. But we have the freest markets, the most highly trained workforce, the resources and ability to innovate, and the best universities in the world.