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Executive Summary
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... 2. The growing demand for engineers will require that engineering programs attract a greater percentage from the decreasing number of high school graduates.
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... It is essential that a balance of support be achieved between research institutions and the undergraduate colleges that educate half of the nation's engineers. Despite the extreme demands on our nation's system of undergraduate engineering education, the system has been remarkably responsive to these demands, although several severe strains have developed.
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... iSee Chapter 2. J If the flow of engineering graduates is to be maintained despite majordemographic changes, a verysubstantial effort will be required to increase the number of high school students who are qualified and motivated to study engineering.
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... The traditional pattern resulted from social differentiation originating in the family, society, and schools. Studies show that women and men have equal aptitude for engineering education.
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... See Chapter 6. ~ If the quality of engineering education at undergraduate-oriented colleges is to keep pace with the quality at graduate research centers, these colleges must have access to special, new sources of income.
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... 12. Although engineering education has been flexible and adaptable, as is reflected in the introduction of new subdisciplines, the combination of disciplinary constraints, concentration in research funding, and peer perceptions has resulted in perpetuating considerable rigidity in the structure of curricula and in stifling educational experimentation.
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... {See Chapter 5. J It is of primaryimportance that the role and significance of laboratory instruction in undergraduate engineering education be emphasized.
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... 19. Swings in enrollments profoundly affect the quality of engineering education, the careers of the faculty who offer it, and the services and equipment that support it.


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