Educating the engineer of 2020 : adapting engineering education to the new century /

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Corporate Author: National Academy of Engineering
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2005
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Table of Contents:
  • Executive summary
  • Phase I revisited
  • Past as prologue
  • Getting to 2020: guiding strategies
  • Guideposts to the future
  • Recommendations
  • Appendix A. [Papers prepared as background information to the Summit.] Brief summary of cooperative education: history, philosophy, and current status / Thomas M. Akins
  • Information technology in support of engineering education: lessons from the Greenfield Coalition / Donald R. Falkenburg
  • Engineering Education Coalitions Program / Jeffrey Froyd
  • Designing from a blank slate: the development of the initial Olin College curriculum / Sherra E. Kerns, Richard K. Miller, and David V. Kerns
  • Patterns in the history of engineering education reform: a brief essay / Bruce E. Seely
  • Preparation for the Professions Program: engineering education in the United States / Sheri Sheppard
  • International recognition of engineering degrees, programs, and accreditation systems / Kevin Sweeney
  • Appendix B. [Presentations given at the plenary sessions of the 2004 Engineering Education Summit.] Capturing the imagination: high-priority reforms for engineering educators / Gretchen Kalonji
  • Global engineer / Linda Katehi
  • Importance of economics / G. Bennett Stewart III
  • Educating engineers for 2020 and beyond / Charles M. Vest
  • Appendix C. NAE Engineer of 2020 National Education Summitt [agenda and attendees].