Harvesting the Engineering School Crop Each Year Is Not Enough.

Kersten, Robert D.

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Publication Date: 1982-Mar

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Harvesting the Engineering School Crop Each Year Is Not Enough.

Kersten, Robert D.

Professional Engineer, v52 n1 p26-29 Mar 1982

Discusses current problems in engineering education, including faculty shortages, growing undergraduate and declining graduate enrollments, aging facilities and obsolescent laboratories, status and needs of and opportunities for engineers, and the quality of engineering graduates. Proposes some solutions to resolve the problems. (SK)

Descriptors: Declining Enrollment, Employment Problems, Engineering Education, Engineers, Enrollment Trends, Graduates, Higher Education, Industry, Professional Associations, Professional Recognition, School Business Relationship, Science Education, Teacher Shortage

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