Educating the Engineer of 2020: Adapting Engineering Education to the New Century
Committee on the Engineer of 2020, Committee on Engineering Education, National Academy of Engineering
NA Press | 2004 | ISBN: 0309096499 9780309096492 0309550068 9780309550062 | 209 pages | PDF | 2 MB
This book offers recommendations on how to enrich and broaden engineering education so graduates are better prepared to work in a constantly changing global economy. It notes the importance of improving recruitment and retention of students and making the learning experience more meaningful to them. It also discusses the value of considering changes in engineering education in the broader context of enhancing the status of the engineering profession and improving the public understanding of engineeri