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Engineering Workforce: AdCom Working Group

Engineering Workforce: AdCom Working Group. NSF Lead: Sue Kemnitzer Ashok Agrawal Janie Fouke Rick Miller Lilian Wu. Workforce Task Group. The Engineering Workforce: Status, Issues and Recommendations ENG AD COM May 2005. Conclusions. 1. Interest in engineering is declining.

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Engineering Workforce: AdCom Working Group

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  1. Engineering Workforce: AdCom Working Group NSF Lead: Sue Kemnitzer Ashok Agrawal Janie Fouke Rick Miller Lilian Wu

  2. Workforce Task Group The Engineering Workforce: Status, Issues and Recommendations ENG AD COM May 2005

  3. Conclusions 1. Interest in engineering is declining. 2. Women and minorities are significantly underrepresented in engineering. 3. Broadening participation will require changes in preparation for engineering study and in the culture of engineering schools.

  4. Conclusions continued 4. Diversifying the professoriate proceeds slowly, leaving students without role models. 5. The practice of engineering is undergoing significant change but the curriculum has been slow to change. 6. “Commodity” engineering can be done anywhere, and will move to find the lowest cost of talent.

  5. Recommendations and actions in the areas: • Preparation for Engineering Study • Engineering Curriculum • Increasing Participation in Graduate Study • Diversifying the Engineering Faculty Task group review: Report is well done and recommendations are good

  6. Comments/Recommendations: • Need multiple entry points and pathways into and through undergraduate engineering programs • Require institutions receiving NSF ENG awards to be accountable in their commitment to diversity • Shift of the US economy to services requires more attention

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