Tests developed for the evaluation of Control Technology, a basic engineering course of study in Great Britain, prove useful for the formative evaluation, but reflect the difficulty of assessing ability to solve technological problems. (Author/KM)

A sample of 89 subjects whose freshman major was engineering and whose junior year major consisted of a variety of nonengineering subjects represented subjects who had made an unrealistic vocational choice as freshmen. The junior year majors of these subjects were classified by Holland's theory of vocational choice and the relationship between the…

The emphasis in these investigations is to analyse the available data in an attempt to find the areas of employment for graduates and to spot the employment trends and attempt to quantify them scientifically. (Author/RK)

The concepts of time-space convergence and human extensibility provide important insights relating the impacts of transportation and communications advances with the human organization of space. This paper explains these concepts and suggests how they may be used for structuring classroom projects. (Author)

Article describes the Television College established by the Thomson Foundation and the courses of training offered there for producers and engineers. (Author)

The well-known biologist C. H. Waddington has established a future-oriented center at the University of Edinburgh. A degree course may be available starting next year. (Author)

The metric system will soon be adopted in the United States. Engineering college educators can play a major role in this revision. Various suggestions are listed for teachers, authors and others. (PS)

A study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of a case method instruction in two experimental settings in an engineering college. Some evidence is reported indicating the case method enabled students to learn faster. (PS)

Author is Commissioner of Education, U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare. (TS)

Describes the processes involved in obtaining funds for projects from the Projects Office of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). Discusses the policy of the ASEE to projects in development and the types of projects which have been funded. (TS)