An interdisciplinary approach to problem solving, planning, and implementation is the key to Xerox Corporation's development program for new engineers. The three major phases of the program are discussed. (JN)

Reports total 1983 graduate and undergraduate engineering enrollment as well as enrollment by curriculum and for women, minorities, and foreign national students. Includes a 10-year summary (Fall 1974-1983) of engineering enrollment. Indicates that graduate enrollment continued a gradual upward trend while freshmen enrollment fell. (JN)

Summarizes a survey on bachelor's, master's, and doctoral engineering degrees awarded in 1983. Data on women, minority, and foreign student degrees are included. Tables listing states with most engineering degrees, schools with most engineering degrees, and engineering degrees by school and degree level are also included. (JN)

Discusses educational methods that increase the engineering student's awareness of social problems and culture; includes individualized programs, staff training, non-traditional instructional approaches, and humanizing educational environment. (MLH)

The goal of this paper is to reflect upon Engineering Education, starting from experiments that have been carried out at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (UFJF), aiming to improve the learning process of the content of basic drawing disciplines concerned with graphic representation, which are subjects of the initial terms of the courses of…

"Educating the Engineer of 2020" is grounded by the observations, questions, and conclusions presented in the best-selling book "The Engineer of 2020: Visions of Engineering in the New Century." This new book offers recommendations on how to enrich and broaden engineering education so graduates are better prepared to work in a…

The kind of engineer most needed can harness the resources of the world for results most beneficial to society; can couple science, economics and human organizations. (Editor)

Article adapted from address presented at symposium on systems engineering, Rutgers University, October 31, 1969.

Suggestions for reducing/eliminating technical obsolescence in engineering technology faculty are discussed. These include a development program using a self-assessment technique (coupled with a contractual management-by-objectives system) and faculty involvement with industry. (JN)

Discusses the use of "Guidelines to Professional Employment for Engineers and Scientists" at Monsanto Corporation in such areas as continuing education programs, career planning workshops, career redirection programs, and on-the-job development. (JN)

Describes development of an interdisciplinary engineering course called "Social Aspects of the Technical Decision Process." Course content includes such interdisciplinary topics as alternative energy, ecology, and urban planning, which represent traditional engineering concepts. However, social and historical dimensions are built into topics.…

Illustrates use of analog/logic computer to produce realistic display of the actual motion of computer simulations in addition to the usual variable-versus-time solution. An arbitrary vector-generating circuit is postulated and utilized in several examples, the most general of which shows vector length, angle, and position all changing with time.…

Presents "Undergraduate Faculty Development in Science: A Report to the Congress by the National Science Foundation," recommending low priority for this program. Although two years old, the issues in the report are of paramount concern to planners charged with improving undergraduate science education. (Author/JN)

Reports results of a study comparing 15 engineering schools in the United States and abroad, focusing on undergraduate programs for the first degree beyond secondary education. For the United States, only programs leading to the B.S. in engineering were considered. (CS)