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6. The Two-Tiered System
Pages 86-89

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... This system of government grants and contracts has been of very great benefit to many engineering colleges, but the focus has been almost exclusively at the graduate level, so that government funding has been the driving force in graduate engineering education. The strong influence of governmental support on faculty and disci 86
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From page 87...
... Graduate Centers The First Tier The major recipients of government-funded graduate education and research enjoy a distinct advantage, which influences both graduate and undergraduate engineering education. Their recruitment of faculty is enhanced because the young assistant professor can continue working in a research environment similar to that of graduate school.
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From page 88...
... The Second Tier At the undergraduate level, no set of national policies or programs recognizes the important role of undergraduate engineering education in contributing to the imperatives of a technology-based world economy. The focus of government and industry on research and graduate education has created a two-tiered or bifurcated system of engineering colleges.
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From page 89...
... The Panel on Undergraduate Engineering Education recommends that, 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. And if the program qualityoflow-researchinstitutionsis to keep pace with that of research institutions, faculty at the former will need to gain access to some of the facilities and programs of the major centers of research.
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