Triton College, under the auspices of a National Science Foundation grant, has designed a team taught course combining an engineering and rhetoric course in which students are introduced to the engineering profession and its communication techniques. The instructional technique is multi-faceted, integrating simulation of the professional…

This report presents a summary of air training programs in junior colleges, vocational/technical training institutes, community colleges, four year colleges, and universities as well as other training institutions. It represents a sample, only, of the various programs available nationwide. Forty-five institutions located in 25 states were chosen…

This report presents a summary of programs in junior colleges, vocational/technical training institutes, community colleges, four-year colleges, and universities as well as other training institutions. It represents a sample, only, of the various programs available nationwide. The programs presented here have a focus or emphasis on two or more…

This report presents a summary of energy related programs in junior colleges, vocational/technical training institutes, community colleges, four-year colleges, and universities as well as other training institutes. It represents a sample, only, of the various programs available nationwide. The information was largely compiled from on-site…

A practicum was conducted to develop a scientific management tool that would assist students in obtaining a systems view of their college curriculum and to coordinate planning with curriculum requirements. A modification of the critical path method was employed and the result was a time-based network model of the Industrial Engineering Technology…

This keynote address was presented at Women's Career Day in Computer Sciences at the University of Southern California on October 7, 1978. It gives evidence for the increase in participation of women in science and engineering programs at colleges and universities, as well as the job market. Opportunities for women in the field of computer science…

This report contains the findings of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Survey of Scientific and Engineering Expenditures at Universities and Colleges, in Fiscal Year (FY) 1978. Results of a survey are reported from 320 academic institutions with doctoral programs in the sciences and/or engineering. Estimates made by NSF staff for…

This electrical systems manual is one of a series of power mechanics texts and visual aids for training in the servicing of electrical systems on mobile machines. Materials provide basic information and illustrations for use by vocational students and teachers as well as shop servicemen and laymen. The ten chapters focus on (1) Electricity: How It…

This manual on fuels, lubricants, and coolants is one of a series of power mechanics tests and visual aids on automotive and off-the-road agricultural and construction equipment. Materials present basic information with illustrations for use by vocational students and teachers as well as shop servicemen and laymen. Focusing on fuels, the first of…

This manual on methods of repairing damaged components and parts made of fiberglass/plastics is one of a series of texts and visual aids on operation, diagnosis, and repair of engine powered vehicles. Materials provide basic information with illustrations for use by vocational students and teachers as well as shop servicemen and laymen. Focusing…

The issues and problems confronted by a professor of literature when asked to teach a technical writing course for engineers are related in this paper. The first section of the paper explains how the professor was "recycled" from a teacher of literature to a professor of technical writing at his college. The second section describes some of the…

This paper uses the Engineering Industrial Support Program (EISP) as an example for suggesting methods to program evaluators of separating corporate interests from community interests. It also presents alternatives for dealing with organizational resistance. The problems involved in creating and implementing EISP in three Michigan school districts…

PROCEEDINGS OF AN INTERDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE ON UNDERGRADUATE COLLEGE SCIENCE TEACHING ARE REPORTED. SPECIFIC AREAS IN WHICH COOPERATION AMONG VARIOUS SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES COULD RESULT IN MORE EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTION AT THE UNDERGRADUATE COLLEGE LEVEL WERE DISCUSSED. PARTICIPATING SCIENTISTS REPRESENTED THE FIELDS OF BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, PHYSICS,…

THE ROLE OF ADVANCING TECHNOLOGY IN THE FIELD OF ARCHITECTURE IS DISCUSSED IN THIS REPORT. PROBLEMS IN COMMUNICATION AND THE DESIGN PROCESS ARE IDENTIFIED. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF COMPUTERS ARE MENTIONED IN RELATION TO MAN AND MACHINE INTERACTION. PRESENT AND FUTURE IMPLICATIONS OF COMPUTER USAGE ARE IDENTIFIED AND DISCUSSED WITH RESPECT…

An instructor's manual and student activity guide on agricultural mechanics (electric motors) are provided in this set of prevocational education materials which focuses on the vocational area of agriculture. (This set of materials is one of ninety-two prevocational education sets arranged around a cluster of seven vocational offerings:…