Engineering Students Are Said to Get Incoherent Education in the Liberal Arts.

DeLoughry, Thomas J.

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ERIC Number: EJ375171

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Publication Date: 1988

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Engineering Students Are Said to Get Incoherent Education in the Liberal Arts.

DeLoughry, Thomas J.

Chronicle of Higher Education, v34 n45 pA1,14-15 Jul 20 1988

A lack of cooperation between engineering and liberal arts faculty members, along with inadequate student advising, has thwarted efforts to broaden the education of engineering undergraduates. A report by the Association of American Colleges, "Unfinished Design: The Humanities and Social Sciences in Undergraduate Engineering Education," is discussed. (MLW)

Descriptors: Academic Advising, College Faculty, Curriculum Development, Engineering Education, General Education, Higher Education, Humanities, Interdisciplinary Approach, Liberal Arts, School Business Relationship, Social Sciences

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