Lee Si-chen says that for example, the US Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers once conducted a large-scale survey which asked working engineers what part of their university education they found most helpful in their subsequent careers.
李嗣涔舉例，美國電機學會曾經做過一項大規模調查，詢問已經在工作的工程師，「學校教育對將來工作最有幫助的是什麼？」