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Morris, J. E. – Engineering Education, 1987
Describes a survey of electrical engineering education departments at 147 universities to find out if the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) were used in the admissions process and under what conditions. Tabulates the data according to GRE requirements. Discusses the purposes of requiring the GRE in admissions. (CW)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Entrance Examinations, College Science, Data Analysis
Weese, John A. – Engineering Education, 1990
Provides a summary of research and graduate study activities at 227 U.S. and Canadian engineering colleges. Included is information on the number of faculty and students; degree requirements; degree granted; research areas; and research expenditures of each institution. Presents indices by fields of graduate study and areas of research. (YP)
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Engineering, Engineering Education, Graduate School Faculty
Sheridan, Patrick J. – Engineering Education, 1984
Presents findings of the Engineering Manpower Commission's 1983 survey of engineering technology enrollments. Includes data on enrollments for all students by curriculum and academic year; women and minorities; all associate degree programs by institutions; all bachelor degree programs; and for Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology…
Descriptors: Engineering, Engineering Education, Engineering Technology, Enrollment
Heggen, Richard J. – Engineering Education, 1988
Reports on a survey of the undergraduate programs of 50 engineering schools which was designed to investigate the engineering curriculum with regard to core courses in statics and dynamics. Indicates that only about one-third of the schools require these courses. Argues for their return to the programs. (TW)
Descriptors: College Science, Engineering Education, Higher Education, National Surveys
Doigan, Paul – Engineering Education, 1984
Summarizes a survey on bachelor's, master's, and doctoral engineering degrees awarded in 1983. Data on women, minority, and foreign student degrees are included. Tables listing states with most engineering degrees, schools with most engineering degrees, and engineering degrees by school and degree level are also included. (JN)
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, Doctoral Degrees, Engineering, Engineering Education
Doigan, Paul; And Others – Engineering Education, 1990
Reported are the results of a survey of engineering and engineering technology (E.T.) faculties. Comparisons are drawn between various segments of these two communities. The deans' views of their critical problems in administering engineering and E.T. programs are described. (KR)
Descriptors: Academic Deans, Attitudes, College Administration, College Science
Ellis, Richard A. – Engineering Education, 1990
Presents statistical data for engineering technology degrees, engineering undergraduates, and graduate degrees in 1989. Discusses trends for women, minorities, and foreign students. Includes data for many individual schools. (YP)
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, College Graduates, Community Colleges, Engineering Education
Friedman, Douglas L.; Kay, Nina W. – Engineering Education, 1990
Examines minority students' enrollment based on a national survey data. Describes students' background characteristics, college choice, engineering decision, financial need, college environment, and factors related to college success. Reports that commitment to the university, high school grade, SAT-mathematical score, and financial need were…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Credits, Dropouts, Engineering Education
Ellis, Richard A. – Engineering Education, 1989
Described are a downward trend in awarded degrees and a projection for the early 1990's. Trends in degrees awarded to women and minorities are highlighted. Engineering degrees awarded in 1987-88 by school and level for U.S. institutions are enumerated. (CW)
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, College Science, Degrees (Academic), Doctoral Degrees
Ellis, Richard A. – Engineering Education, 1988
Provides some of the results of the Engineering Manpower Commission's fall 1986 survey of enrollments in engineering education. Includes tabular data on those enrollments categorized by students in all institutions surveyed and for just those students in accredited programs, as well as by curriculum and by school and state. (TW)
Descriptors: College Science, Declining Enrollment, Engineering, Engineering Education
Doigan, Paul – Engineering Education, 1984
Presents findings from an American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) questionnaire survey which examined the impact of faculty shortages on the quality of engineering education, what faculty are needed to maintain or restore quality to engineering programs, graduate student enrollment, and trends in faculty recruitment and retention. (JN)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Educational Quality, Engineering, Engineering Education
Ellis, Richard A. – Engineering Education, 1987
Reports on the results of the Engineering Manpower Commission's 1986 survey of engineering enrollments, comparing them to the previous ten years of surveys. Provides tables of fall 1986 engineering enrollments categorized by curriculum, women, minorities, foreign nationals, schools, and by all students. (TW)
Descriptors: College Science, Engineering Education, Enrollment, Enrollment Trends
Engineering Education, 1988
Reports on a study into engineering education programs, focusing on graduate programs and research. Provides data reported by the 225 Engineering and Technical College Affilliate Members of the American Society for Engineering Education, and includes information on faculty, enrollment, degrees granted, and research budgets. (TW)
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Science, Degrees (Academic), Educational Finance
Barber, Elinor G.; And Others – Engineering Education, 1987
Reports on a study into the perceived problems that foreign graduate students in engineering pose to engineering faculty, as well as the solutions to those problems. Summarizes survey responses relating to communication and language difficulties, program and academic performance, and social and cultural factors. (TW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Faculty, College Science, Communications