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Redesigning Engineering Education

January 30, 2008

A new study seeks to reframe engineering education as a set of developmental experiences that could attract more people, and a more diverse group of people, into the engineering profession. The study, ‘Aligning Educational Experiences with Ways of Knowing Engineering: How People Learn Engineering,’ aims to reinforce the core skills, knowledge, values, and ways of thinking used by practicing engineers. With the results of this research, engineering educators will be better able to design innovative programs of study and professional training that better meet the future technology needs of the nation. The study is codirected by Sandra Courter, Mitchell Nathan, and Allen Phelps. More information is available here.