Reports the results of a questionnaire designed to assess current attitudes of engineering departments and employers on the inclusion of foreign language study in the engineering curriculum. (GS)

The first part of this two part volume includes articles relating to engineering education. Topics included are personalizing instruction, individualizing instruction, programed instruction, rewarding good teaching, and the use of different approaches to improve teaching. Part II contains descriptive data from 201 engineering colleges concerning:…

Reports on a limited survey of published curriculum guides to determine if courses in the category of "technical sciences" are included in engineering technology curricula, what courses appear most frequently, and what proportion of total time allocation do they represent. (GS)

Examines arguments for and against the professional school concept. Presents a professional school model master plan for Texas colleges of engineering. Guidelines and the curriculum at Texas A&M for the doctor of engineering program are examined. (CS)

The results of a two-year study at Worcester Polytechnic Institute is a new set of degree requirements, including a qualifying project and a competency examination. (BB)

Presents a directory of engineering colleges with information concerning the number of faculty employed, graduate degree requirements, number of extension centers for graduate study, research areas of accepted doctoral theses, personnel engaged in and expenditures for research, and separately funded and managed laboratories. (GS)

Engineering and technical colleges (N=221) responded to a questionnaire concerning various aspects of their institution (such as faculty, enrollment, research expenditures, budget, and degrees awarded). Results are provided alphabetically by institution. (JN)

Surveys the course requirements in the humanities and social sciences for 100 two and four year technology programs. For some associate programs, only one or two courses are required; in 40 percent of the cases studied, the requirement is for three courses, or nine semester hours credit. (MLH)

This issue contains a listing of 412 institutions involved in engineering higher education and includes for each: admission requirements, faculty enrollments, degrees, fields of advanced study, and appointments available to graduate students. Also includes a ten-year statistical analysis of significant factors characterizing engineering research…

Presents results of a survey of engineering colleges (372 forms returned from 167 schools) on such aspects of computer education as computer credits required for graduation, microcomputers/mainframes used, languages required in beginning/advanced courses, and other areas. Includes recommendations for computer instruction based on survey responses.…

Provides data from 218 institutions on number of faculty and undergraduate students; degree requirements; faculty, enrollment, and degrees granted; appointments made to graduate students; research areas; personnel engaged in separately budgeted research; and research expenditures. Indexes to fields of graduate study and areas of research are…

Discusses reasons for including differential equations in the required course of study for engineering technology (ET) students. Briefly describes mathematics requirements of the ET Division of the School of Engineering at the University of Dayton. Provides an outline of their differential equations course for ET students. (CS)

Presented are questionnaire data for 1978-79 reported by 210 engineering and technical colleges and affiliate members of the American Society for Engineering Education. Questions were asked regarding engineering study and engineering research, such as graduate degree requirements, research areas of accepted doctoral theses, and personnel engaged…

Engineering management programs at the master's degree level open the management level career areas to engineers. Discussed are various colleges' programs and their program titles, curricula, faculty, students, admission requirements, and relationships with business schools. (RE)

Provides data collected from 218 institutions offering graduate and undergraduate engineering degrees. These data (presented alphabetically by institution) include number of faculty, student enrollment, graduate degree requirements, degree programs, degrees offered, appointments to graduate students, major research areas, and research…