Electronic mentoring (e-mentoring) programs are providing unprecedented opportunities for establishing mentoring relationships. E-mentoring is the merger of mentoring with electronic communications and links mentors with proteges independent of geography or scheduling constraints. In this case study, the authors apply a model of structured…

The House Science Committee held a hearing on the enhanced security measures foreign students and scholars in science, mathematics, and engineering face when they apply for a visa and subsequently enroll in an academic or exchange program in the United States. This hearing was the second in a series on the need for balance between heightened…

During the fall of 2000, first and second year engineering students were observed throughout the semester as they interacted in engineering design teams. Eighty women and 258 men signed the consent form to participate in the study. The observational protocol that was used was based on L. Eberhardt's 10 categories of team functions, which are…

This brief describes graduate enrollment increases in the science and engineering fields, especially in engineering and computer sciences. Graduate student enrollment is summarized by enrollment status, citizenship, race/ethnicity, and fields. (KHR)

The Colorado School of Mines is in the 4th year of a comprehensive curriculum revision process. After refining the mission statement and graduate profile, the school has developed and begun to implement a new undergraduate curriculum which features design-across-the-curriculum, a sequence of "systems" courses, an enhanced and integrated…

Students enrolled to degree programs in 1997 will become the first graduates of the 21st century. Engineering courses in the School of Engineering at Leeds Metropolitan University have changed immensely in the last two years, so as to support new markets. Disciplines such as industrial engineering, electronics and computing have enjoyed their…

This report presents detailed statistical trends in doctorate rewards by science and engineering (S&E). The data were collected by the Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED) and identify field and recipient characteristics, institutions awarding doctorates, and post graduation plans of recipients. Tables include: (1) S&E doctorates awarded by…

This issue brief discusses the statistical results of the 1997 Survey of Doctorate Recipients (SDR) and identifies doctorate holders' employment preferences at the beginning of their doctoral education and labor market experiences. (YDS)

Many private colleges, suffering from enrollment problems, are innovating academic programs in an attempt to provide superior alternatives to public education. Describes three such experimental programs at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts, and Austin College in Texas. (JR)

Studied the type of skills required for engineering students to succeed in their work, using high school grades and predictor batteries such as aptitude and standardized achievement tests. Concluded that the findings of similar earlier studies were confirmed with achievement tests preferred over aptitude tests for student selection. (CC)

Summarizes the discussions of a Division of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry symposium on solids handling for synthetic fuels production. Included is a description of technical difficulties with the use of coal seams and deposits of oil shale and oil sand as potential sources of fuel. (CC)

Since the human performer is usually essential to the operation of a new system, the authors propose a model human performance system which, they claim, makes it possible to deal with people as rationally as with machines. The implications of this system for training in response to change are discussed. (SA)

In Wisconsin, agricultural mechanics related to carpentry was chosen as the skill area around which to train Chippewa Indians on the Sand Lake Reservation in skills associated with home building and repair. The training was offered by Wisconsin Indianhead Technical Institute at New Richmond. (Author/DS)

Discusses a conference held to develop ways of generalizing about the man-environment interaction by considering this interaction cross-culturally. Presentations consider human characteristics, environments, mechanisms linking people and environments, and the effect of environment on people. (Author/DN)