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National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council, Washington, DC. Committee on Minorities in Engineering – 1978
The objectives of this workshop, held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1977, were to form recommendations and to develop strategies for the implementation of these recommendations derived from a thorough review and assessment of the educational experiences of minority undergraduate students in engineering, and to develop strategies…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, College Students, Engineering Education
Download full textNational Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Directorate for Education and Human Resources. – 1991
The focus of this workshop was to reaffirm the important role that two-year colleges often serve as institutions of choice for minority and other underrepresented student populations. In addition, two-year colleges are particularly well positioned to contribute to pre-college education through scientific literacy programs, teacher enhancement…
Descriptors: Administration, Community, Educational Change, Engineering Education
Jones, Russel C., Ed. – 1992
This document reports the proceedings of a workshop on Technological Literacy. The objectives of the workshop were: to review programs and to identify issues in technological literacy for liberal arts majors; to discuss mechanisms for the stimulation of appropriate additional technological literacy programs; and to develop an action plan for…
Descriptors: Courseware, Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment, Engineering Technology
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. National Science Board Commission on Precollege Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology. – 1983
Using available data and analyses on the current situation in science and technology education, it was determined that science and technology education in the United States is lacking in two critical areas: recruitment and training of scientists and engineers, and nurturing a general scientific/technological literacy useful in all facets of daily…
Descriptors: Biology, Chemistry, Curriculum Development, Educational Improvement
Council of Graduate Schools in the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1981
Proceedings of a 1980 workshop on industry/university cooperative programs are presented. Program presentations and authors include: "On Industry/Academia Relations" (T. Baron); "The MIT Liaison Program" (J. D. Bruce); "An Industrial Perspective of Academic Programs" (R. Fuller); "University/Industry Interactions…
Descriptors: Animal Husbandry, Biological Sciences, College Programs, Computer Science
National Academy of Engineering, Washington, DC. Commission on Education. – 1973
In order to bring national focus on the lack of minority engineers, more than 250 engineers, educators, students, and representatives of minority social action groups, professional and technical societies, foundations, industry, and government met to discuss the recruitment and financial support of minority students, program financing, and the…
Descriptors: American Indians, Blacks, Committees, Conferences
Hughes, Kent, Ed.; Sha, Lynn, Ed. – Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 2006
These proceedings from a conference with leading experts examines the hugely successful American model of technological and scientific innovation. They stress the critical importance of government funding of physical science for the realms of national security, education, and industry. Kent Hughes and Frederick M. Bush, both of the Woodrow Wilson…
Descriptors: Government Role, Physical Sciences, Scientific Research, Scientific Methodology
Khalil, Edna M., Ed. – 1987
This report of the proceedings of a meeting on graduate education in the United States contains papers from plenary and concurrent sessions, information on the Council of Graduate Schools' (CGS) business meeting, copies of the CGS constitution and bylaws, CGS list of member institutions, and accounts of award presentations. Papers have the…
Descriptors: Academic Deans, College Administration, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Practices
John Deere Co., Moline, IL. – 1983
These proceedings contain summaries of the panel discussions and workshops as well as texts of the individual papers and reaction papers presented at a conference that focused on key issues of concern to educators and industry involved in the education and training of agricultural machinery technicians. Addressed during the conference were the…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Machinery, Agricultural Machinery Occupations
Higher Colleges of Technology, Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates). – 2000
This document contains a total of 57 welcoming speeches, theme addresses, seminar and workshop papers, and poster sessions that were presented at a conference on technological education and national development. The papers explore the ways technology and technological advances have both necessitated and enabled changes in the way education is…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Articulation (Education)
