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... Some large institutions will come close to the ideal of being able to offer graduate education in all areas of engineering, but most will have to be selective. The growth in graduate engineering education has been largely a phenomenon of the post-World War II era.
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... To help alleviate these problems, the Panel on Engineering Graduate Education and Research recommends the following: · Universities should seek to reduce current high workloads, improve salaries, and provide state-of-the-art facilities for instruction and research. · The number of engineering doctoral fellowships should be increased so that a greater proportion of U.S.
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... However, schools that emphasize programs in engineering technology have riot demanded doctorates for their faculty, nor have schools that specialize in undergraduate programs. Even research universities effectively utilize a small percentage of nondoctoral faculty by employing engineers in professional practice to enrich the applications aspect of their programs.
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