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Appendix A: Engineering Enrollments
Appendix A: Engineering Enrollments
Pages 53-61
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The concern was and is exacerbated by the lack of information about why enrollment declined or what it ought to be. The National Science Foundation (NSF J 2000 Science and Engineering Indicators suggest that the issue is largely demographics in that the college-age population as a whole declined from 21.6 million in 1980 to 17.0 million in 2000.
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economy was very strong throughout the l990s, global outsourcing of engineering was greatly increased. The impact this had on local job markets and a decision by some schools to restrict enrollments is not clear.
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In terms of percentages, the ratio of engineering degrees to total undergraduate degrees in China is nearly nine times that of the United States, Japan four times, and the European Union three times. Thus, a substantially lower proportion of U.S.
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of elementary and high school students for enrollment in engineering programs is an obvious source of concern. Some of the decline noted in Figure A-1, above, could be attributed to students recognizing that they do not have the necessary math and science background to succeed in the engineering curriculum.
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Arlington, Va: National Science Foundation. Engineering Trends.
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