Explains how fluctuations of emphases in the economy, job market, and supply and demand for engineers, in the past decade have influenced enrollments in engineering schools, thus creating a cyclical behavior of boom and bust in enrollments, and in the engineering labor market. (GA)

The closely coupled cooperative education program of the General Motors Institute, an accredited college of engineering and business developed by GM, is described as a practical alternative to traditional higher education. The program is justified in terms of the needs of the students, the corporation, the institution, and society in general. (JMF)

This description of a laboratory experience for engineering students emphasizes guided design, a slow-motion experience in decision making of an open-ended problem. (SA)

Experimental programs used in an English university to improve information about engineering courses and careers given to prospective students, to ease problems of transition from secondary to university schooling, and to ensure that students acquire basic professional skills and attitudes for a successful career in industry are described. (JMD)

Describes facilities at the Bush Educational Center in Elmira, New York and components of its agriculture education program, which includes involvement of educators in planning, maintaining, and improving facilities. (TA)

Discusses a new joint degree program involving the study of a language and its culture launched at an Australian university by the engineering faculty. Students who complete the program will be awarded both a Bachelor of Engineering and Bachelor of Arts degree. The arts degree course is in the field of international studies and includes subjects…

The National Science Foundation's Directorate for Education and Human Resources (NSF/EHR) provides leadership for improving the quality of science, mathematics, engineering, and technology education, kindergarten through graduate school. This article examines NSF and Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE) projects promoting the use of…

The University of Michigan Dearborn's school of engineering established a center for engineering education and practice that combines teaching, research, and practice in collaboration with industry. It funds projects each year to answer real questions in the engineering community, enhance the school's curriculum, and provide hands-on experience…

To meet the individual needs of Japanese students in an electrical engineering course, a computer based system was adopted that graded student quizzes using an added weight method, evaluated student performance on each quiz, charted student progress, monitored student attitudes, analyzed the relationship between student attitude and performance,…

An approach to quality in college instruction at a French technical institute, based on the industrial model of quality assurance, is outlined, and four separate initiatives are described. They include a group organized to implement the approach in a civil engineering department, undergraduate curriculum reform, redefinition of objectives in…

Demonstrates the importance of Real-Time, Sensor-Based (RTSB) computing and how it can be easily and effectively integrated into university student laboratories. Describes the experimental processes, the process instrumentation and process-computer interface, the computer and communications systems, and typical software. Provides much technical…

Ranks 35 engineering schools without doctoral programs, 35 with doctoral programs, and three best departments in each of nine engineering subfields; 52 business schools and five best departments in each of 10 subfields; five best fine arts schools; and three best performing arts schools. (MSE)

Describes a program that is part of the Pupil Researcher Initiative (PRI) where volunteer Ph.D. students visit schools to help bring the excitement and wonder of science and engineering research to the classroom. The purpose of the Researchers in Residence program is to bring students and teachers in schools into contact with research scientists…

Offers guidelines for planning a prototype multimedia classroom and discusses its technology components and arrangement. The prototype development is illustrated, highlighting design factors like cabinets for easy storage and accessibility; a "presentation wall" where technologies may be used and assimilated simultaneously; and…

Presents strategies used in the International Engineering Program at the University of Rhode Island for incorporating technical German in first year classes. Outlines the language functions that can be developed in this way, gives concrete examples of the materials used, and provides specific suggestions for coordinating these materials with a…