Seminar Abstract:
Globalization with regards to business is a well studied phenomenon, but what does the globalization of science and technology mean? For more than a decade, the majority of articles published in the American Chemical Society’s 44 journals have originated from outside the U.S. Many of the impacts of globalization have had profound economic effects in the United States: Manufacturing in the United States has dropped significantly in the past ten years. Unemployment of ACS members is at the highest level that has ever been measured.
However, the opportunities for collaboration and innovation have never been greater. Students today must be prepared for a different job market than those who graduated just ten years ago. The opportunities and challenges that globalization brings to the chemical enterprise will be addressed. Also, what effect these challenges and opportunities have on how students need to be prepared for a global workforce will be discussed.