Reflections on the influence of Wrld War II on e lectrical engineering education in the United States, 1925- 1955

1988 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 12-16
Author(s):  
Ronald Kline
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Engineering Education ◽  
The United States

scholarly journals Journal Entry, July 2020: Affirmation, Inclusion, Equity and Everyone

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-135
Author(s):  
Lauren Thomas Quigley ◽  
Monica Cox ◽  
Cynthia J. Atman ◽  
Jennifer Turns
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Black Students ◽  
Engineering Education ◽  
The United States ◽  
Internal Reflection ◽  
Professional Organization ◽  
Journal Entry ◽  
Personal Stories ◽  
Action Change ◽  
The Moment

When we reflect on 2020, especially in the United States, the divides in society amplified by the pandemic and laid bare for all to see following the murder of George Floyd in Minnesota in May, 2020 will most likely be the top of mind. We could all see this nation’s history and current complicity for racism, both the systematic and systemic. The moment was not unfamiliar, but markedly different. Initially, we wrote this piece in the summer of 2020, in response to our professional organization’s delay and hesitancy to affirm Black lives, Black students, Black engineers and Black faculty. Many of us were crying out. Allies with commitment to action showed up for and with us -- no questions asked, to ensure that what we felt was at least heard. In nearly a year since our original effort to write this piece together, some things have changed for the better. We saw our professional organization affirm Black lives. We saw some of our colleagues take action, change course and use their influence to make the community better. Some learned, listened and tried to do something new. Others, either remained silent, hopefully in contemplation, but some with a silence that convinces us that they are simply not on the same side. We composed the below entries in the summer of 2020, amid national turbulence and internal reflection. Below we provide four personal stories and some specific calls to action situated in the summer of 2020, but these remain our aspirations and hopes for the field of engineering education.

The Decline of Undergraduate Engineering Education in the United States

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mancil W. Milligan
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Engineering Education ◽  
Real World ◽  
The United States ◽  
Accreditation Process ◽  
Undergraduate Engineering ◽  
Undergraduate Engineering Education ◽  
Rational Actions ◽  
Real World Problems

Examples of the decline in the mastery of engineering fundamentals and the ability to apply these fundamentals to real world problems are presented. There are enhanced abilities in today’s graduates and these are discussed. No attempt is made to assign blame for the decline in capabilities since there are many contributors to this change. Some of the factors contributing to the decline include student evaluations of instruction, misuse of homework, diminished reading comprehension, pressure on faculty to be productive in research, and the decrease in mastery required in the accreditation process. Each of the factors is discussed in some depth and rational actions are proposed to reverse this disturbing trend.

English as an Engineering Tool: Samuel Chandler Earle and the Tufts Experiment

1995 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teresa Kynell
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Engineering Education ◽  
Real World ◽  
Technical Writing ◽  
The United States ◽  
Engineering Curriculum ◽  
Engineering School ◽  
Writing Course

Evaluation of Samuel Chandler Earle's 1911 presentation to the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education demonstrates Earle's role as a key player in the shift of a technical writing course which combined both the goals of an engineering curriculum with the ultimate, real-world needs of the graduated engineer. Earle's Tufts Experiment, discussed in his paper, “English in the Engineering School at Tufts College” [1], would not only provide the impetus for a decade of discussion among engineering and English educators, but would provide, in part, the impetus for the Committee on English, a committee Earle would chair, charged with studying engineering English offerings in the United States.

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