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这与中国目前的高校大扩招不无关系。数量是上去了，但质量不一定跟得上。对学生自身的素质要求越来越高了，否则，大学四年、研究生3年可能什么都没学到。数量多的另外一个影响就是，待遇低了。绿色建筑博客%swq Uo(u

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Nw qJ!d0Meeting participants stressed that the U.S. is not producing enough engineers, while China and India are producing many engineers who will be innovative and competitive in the near future, Thompson says. This message was delivered with much more urgency than in years past, he adds.
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Because China is behind in terms of development of an economic base, production is very important to that nation, Thompson says. On the other hand, the U.S. has a high standard of living, so its culture is focused on the service industry, he explains. Therefore, U.S. students often choose to go into service disciplines, whereas countries like China view math and science as the ticket to success.
2hvd/H%m0美国学生更多的选择服务业，不认为数理学科是走向成功的途径，而中国恰恰相反。本文的另一个观点是，中国女性选择engineering的比例高于美国。问题是，剩下的那部分美国人干吗去了？

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对这个观点严重持怀疑态度。显然，在中国最受尊重的，是官员。起码在表面上是这样。科学家和工程师，尤其是工程师往往处于科研食物链的底层。

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v4`3pl h0em.y R0中国的领导人往往工科背景出身。这倒是实情，中国向来是“专家治国”，从大禹治水，到儒家文化的学而优则仕，千年来积淀至今的传统。当管理在中国还不被当成一门学问时，“权术”即是这种制度生下的怪胎。

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美国人还是明白这一点的，不过作为一个移民大国，这一点似乎不用担心：只要美国依旧保持自己从建国之初奠定的“of the people, by the people, for the people”的政治理念，依旧保持其对移民，特别是技术移民的吸引力，我想他还是会继续保持这种优势的。绿色建筑博客q#Tz%j?$bj

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