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Engineering Education, 1989
Summarizes the report of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Commission on industrial productivity, "Made in America: Regaining the Productive Edge." Provides six comments on the report's implications of the role of engineering education. (YP)
Descriptors: College Science, Educational Change, Engineering, Engineering Education
Peer reviewedBaum, Rudy – Chemical and Engineering News, 1988
Discusses a biochemical engineering program for undergraduate and graduate students. Describes three university programs including the goals, courses, and problems involved. (YP)
Descriptors: Biochemistry, Chemical Engineering, College Science, Courses
Long, Richard L., Jr. – 1986
The approach taken to chemical engineering education at New Mexico State University is described in this report. The curriculum model for its undergraduate and graduate program emphasizes both content and skill development. Involvement in tasks related to ongoing research projects is stressed and serves as the basis for course assignments at the…
Descriptors: Chemical Engineering, College Science, Engineering Education, Graduate Study
Wolf, Lawrence J. – Engineering Education, 1987
Addresses several concerns regarding the identity of the field of engineering technology. Discusses engineering technology from the standpoint of its designation as a discipline, its body of knowledge, its professional status, its academic faculty, and the structure and policies that will allow it the most options for the future. (TW)
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, College Science, Degrees (Academic), Engineering Education
Peer reviewedRammant, J-P. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 1988
Discusses the application of marketing principles to a software house specializing in products for the construction industry. Concludes that service management and marketing insights are important factors for the successful growth of a company or service department. (YP)
Descriptors: Business Administration, Business Administration Education, College Science, Computer Software
Download full textPresident's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, Washington, DC. – 1992
This report provides an analysis of issues and recommendations for further implementation of the National Education Goals and the America 2000 National Education Strategy related to education in mathematics, science, engineering, and technology. This report considers teachers and teaching at every level. The report focuses on the need to build a…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Policy, Educational Research, Elementary School Science
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Directorate for Education and Human Resources. – 1992
More than 20,000 kindergarten through 12th grade teachers and more than 6,000 college and university faculty are directly involved in National Science Foundation (NSF) education projects. Building on more than 4 decades of knowledge and experience, NSF today is able to provide vigorous leadership in the nation's efforts to strengthen science,…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Concept Formation, Educational Research, Educational Trends
Suter, Larry E., Ed. – 1992
This report presents a new synthesis of statistical indicators and research findings on the quality of science and mathematics education in the United States. In more detail than any other report, it addresses the progress made toward the U.S. national goal of ranking first in the world in mathematics and science by the year 2000. It draws on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Science, Curriculum, Educational Research
