Raising Public Awareness of Engineering

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Size: 108 pages, 6 x 9

Publication Year:2002

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Lance A. Davis and Robin D. Gibbin, Editors, National Academy of Engineering
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The public has little awareness or appreciation of engineering as the source of technology. The engineering community spends mightily to try to improve public awareness, but an NAE-commissioned survey of activities intended to raise public awareness found little coordination among ...
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Front Matter	i-viii
Executive Summary	1-5	(skim)
1 Introduction	6-9	(skim)
2 Public Awareness Today	10-17	(skim)
3 The National Academy of Engineering Survey of Public Awareness of Engineering Outreach Programs	18-46	(skim)
4 Recommendations	47-52	(skim)
Appendix A: Engineering Enrollments	53-61	(skim)
Appendix B: Sample Mission Statements	62-63	(skim)
Appendix C: Selected Outreach Programs	64-70	(skim)
Appendix D: Committee on Public Awareness of Engineering	71-73	(skim)
Appendix E: Engineering Communications, Education, and Outreach Questionnaire	74-92	(skim)
Appendix F: List of Organizations Responding to NAE Inventory Questionnaire	93-99	(skim)

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The public has little awareness or appreciation of engineering as the source of technology. The engineering community spends mightily to try to improve public awareness, but an NAE-commissioned survey of activities intended to raise public awareness found little coordination among them and few measures of success. This report provides the results of this survey, explains why it was needed, and recommends how the engineering community can work successfully to communicate the importance of engineering to society.

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