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Two Score and More: A Lifetime of Learning for Keeping Engineers at the Fore,
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Slide title: LIFELONG AND LIFE-WIDE LEARNING

Slide image: A timeline showing that phases of education take place in formal learning environments, while the first five years, career and retirement take place primarily in informal learning environments.
The key is labeled "FORMAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS" and "INFORMAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS"
The label on the left side of the timeline is: "16 WAKING HOURS"
And the following phases of a person's education and life are at the bottom:
0-5
K
GR1-12
UG
GRAD
WORK
RETIREMENT

Slide image credit: Reprinted with permission from the National Academy of Sciences, Courtesy of the National Academies Press, Washington, D.C.
Slide template words: National Science Foundation
Slide template image: illustration showing gears in front of a human brain
Credit: National Science Foundation

Design by Zina Deretsky, National Science Foundation

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