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... See also Minorities . Broad engineering education, 6869,78, 117, 122 C Chemical engineering, 93, 98, 100 Civil engineering, 25, 26,93,98 Communication, 115, 122 Computer-aided design CAD)
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... salaries and, 54-56, 55ifigure}, 100, lOl~figure} student preparedness, 74 See also Graduate education Dual-degree programs, 67-68, 8384 E Economic awareness, 116-117, 122 Education. See Engineering education Educational technology, 73, 81 Electrical/ electronic engineering, 67,91-93,97 Employment adaptability factors, 33, 102-107, 119-120, 123 aging and retirement factors, 54, 102 concentration ratios, 88-90, 89tfigure)
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... , 93tfigure, movement among, 103-104 women in, 93 Engineering education computer science, 76, 118 continuing education, 6,71-72, 81-82, 104, 107, 121 cooperative, 4, 69-70,79 curriculum requirements, 3-4, 68-69,78,117-120, 122-123 data base problems, 43 educational technology, 73, 81 emergence of, 25 engineering technology pro grams, 74-75, 82 equipment and facility problems, 60, 62, 82 faculty shortage, 2,53-56, 68, 80-81, 84 federal government support, 26, 59-63, 76, 83 findings, conclusions, and reeom mendations, 78-84 future needs, 116-120, 122-123 graduate degrees, 56, 57;table,, 58-59 national economic events and, F 51,52;figure} nontechnical content, 3-4, 69, 117-119, 122 precollege preparation, 8, 65-66, 73-74,78-80 problems of, 1-3 student demographics, 63-66, 64;figure) 135 supply and demand factors, 66 68, 102, 103tfigure)
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... ,5859 federal support, 61-63 fellowships, 59, 80-81 future needs, 116 INDEX student preparedness, 74 See also Doctoral degrees; Engineering education H Higher Education General Information Survey, 43 Hispanics, 65, 78,94. See also Minorities Industrial engineering, 26,91,92 Industry concentration ratios and, 88-89 cooperative education programs, 69-70,79 corporate framework, 31, 33 employee education, 71-72, 8182,96, 106 employment objectives, 113- 114 equipment support, 60 fellowship funding, 59 professional society interaction, 47-48 research and development support, 61-63, 83 salaries, 100 university collaboration, -77-78.
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... 40-41ifigureJ, 42{figure}, 42{table},43 objectives and accomplishments 34-35 137 Panel on Support Organizations, 44, 46-49 Panel on Undergraduate Education, 97 Personal career management, 119120 Precollege education, 8, 65-66, 7374, 78-80 Predominant work activity, 90-91, 91 {table} Productivity, 9, 96 Professional development, 71-72. See also Continuing education Professional societies, 46-50, 60, 72,76,79,80 Public attitudes, 28,48-50 Public land-grant college system, 26 Public/private sector versatility, 113- 114, 122 Q Quality of engineers, 3-4, 96-97, 106 Quality of life, 27-28 R Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 25, 76 Research and development {R&Dl, 26,60-63,76,77,82,83,93, 105 Research Triangle Park, North Carolina,76 Resource shortages, 114, 122 Retirement, 54, 102 S Salaries )
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... , 105-106 Technological change, 115-116 Technologists, 5,33, 36-37, 90, 91, 100, 105-106 INDEX Three-two programs, 67-68,83-84 Two-tiered system, 61-63, 83 Undergraduate education curriculum requirements, 68-69, 78, 119-120,122-123 demand variability and, 67-68, 83-84 engineering technology programs,74-75,82 minorities, 64-66 research, 62, 83 two-tier system, 62,83 women in, 63,93 See also Engineering education Unemployment rates, 101 University-industry interactions, 76-78, 82 University of Arizona, 76 University of Cincinnati, 69 W ^}Vest Point, 25 Women employment, 6-8,92-94, 106 engineering education, 7, 63, 64tfigure) , 78, 93 faculty, 7-8, 106 precollege education needs, 8, 78 Work force.
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Key Terms

  • concentration ratios
  • predominant work
  • flow diagrams
  • precollege education
  • student preparedness

  • continuing education
  • age distribution
  • curriculum requirements
  • broad engineering
  • force flux

  • school student
  • undergraduate education
  • engineering employment
  • cooperative education
  • manpower model

  • educational technology
  • retirement factors
  • faculty engineering
  • secondary school
  • faculty shortage

  • support organizations
  • doctoral degrees
  • unemployment rates
  • student flows
  • employment objectives

  • engineering manpower
  • employee education
  • student demographics
  • development support
  • fellowship funding


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