Relates an engineering educator's experience working in a nonacademic engineering project and discusses how such experience helps the educator prepare students for engineering jobs. (MLH)

Discusses the problems of determining standards for certification in various professions and the difficulties of providing statistical studies to support the necessity of the standards. (MLH)

Discusses some impacts of the recent increase in female engineering graduates. (MLH)

Discusses the need for guidance for both prospective and working engineers. Stresses the need for providing an accurate assessment of the engineering job market throughout the educational process of engineering students and the need for inservice education for practicing engineers. (MLH)

Summarizes data on the numbers of women and minority engineers, including Black, Spanish surnamed, Oriental, American Indian, and disadvantaged groups. Indicates taht their future prospects will become even brighter, but problems of attracting more women and Blacks into engineering are significantly greater than in cases of other minority groups.…

Presents statistics from a survey of high school students which investigated career choice patterns, most important reasons for career choice, and persons or sources most helpful in making career choices. Also reveals that engineering enrollments have been declining for several years, and that many engineering students eventually change to…

Describes a four-week summer program designed to attract women into the engineering curriculum and ultimately into an engineering career. (MLH)