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Mobilizing Oregon A Partnership to Build a 21st Century Technology Workforce

Presenting an agenda for quality and growth in engineering education, focusing on funding realities and partnership building for future tech needs. The presentation emphasizes investments in faculty, facilities, student training, and industry alignment.

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Mobilizing Oregon A Partnership to Build a 21st Century Technology Workforce

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  1. Agenda for quality and growth AeA presentation Bob Dryden January 10, 2002 Mobilizing OregonA Partnership to Build a 21st Century Technology Workforce

  2. AeA presentation Bob Dryden January 10, 2002 Today’s Presentation • Mission of the Vice Chancellor of Engineering and Computer Science • An agenda for quality and growth • Today’s funding realities

  3. AeA presentation Bob Dryden January 10, 2002 What is a Vice Chancellor of Engineering and Computer Science? • State wide – cross industry view • ETIC • Partner with high technology leadership • Connect with and listen to engineers • EE, CS, SWE • Civil • Mechanical • Metallurgical • Support engineering institutions • Promote engineering education • Manage multi-institutional programs

  4. AeA presentation Bob Dryden January 10, 2002 How to Build a Partnership for the 21st Century… An Agenda for Quality and Growth

  5. 2002 initiatives AeA presentation Bob Dryden January 10, 2002 Agenda for Quality and Growth • Invest in quality faculty • Invest in first-class facilities • Attract and train the best students • Identify and serve industry’s workforce needs • Demand and measure outcomes • Communicate results • institutions, industry, students, public, civic leaders and media

  6. Agenda for quality and growth AeA presentation Bob Dryden January 10, 2002 Link High Tech Workforce Education to Workplace Needs • ETIC • Streamline procedures • Stimulate deeper industry participation • Develop 2003-05 investment plan • Monitor current investment progress • Communicate results and benefits

  7. Agenda for quality and growth AeA presentation Bob Dryden January 10, 2002 Listen to customers • Market research program • Quantitative benchmark studies of industry and student needs and trends • Provide data to institutions and industry • Use data to drive new programs • Engineering Education E-Roundtable • Engineering managers • Human Resource managers • Training managers

  8. Agenda for quality and growth AeA presentation Bob Dryden January 10, 2002 Promote Engineering Education and Research • Vice Chancellor’s Web site • WWW.OregonEngineer.org • Outreach to potential engineering students and high school teachers and advisors • Repository for engineering and computer science faculty research publications • Newsletter to state’s engineering community highlighting success and benefits - not process

  9. Agenda for quality and growth AeA presentation Bob Dryden January 10, 2002 Fill the Pipeline • OCATE statewide • Deploy selected OCATE programming beyond Portland • Grow Oregon Master of Software Engineering program • Build new scholarship and internship opportunities • Improve connections with high schools and community colleges

  10. Agenda for quality and growth AeA presentation Bob Dryden January 10, 2002 Vice Chancellor’sObjectives • Focus activities to: • Demonstrate need, target investments and measure results with research • Deliver educational capacity to achieve real and measurable results • Fill Oregon engineering education pipeline • Communicate benefits of engineering education for Oregon…to Oregonians

  11. Agenda for quality and growth AeA presentation Bob Dryden January 10, 2002 How AeA Can Help • Share insights on our market research • Advocate for investments linked to demonstrated needs and realistic goals • Reward results • Expand sponsored scholarship and internship opportunities • Support institutions through partnerships

  12. 2002 budget choices AeA presentation Bob Dryden January 10, 2002 OUS Funding Realities • Oregon faces $850 million budget shortfall • State of Washington same magnitude with double the budget base • University engineering programs have improved quality and output • New faculty • Higher enrollments • Preserving core programs – top priority

  13. 2002 budget choices AeA presentation Bob Dryden January 10, 2002 Setting Engineering Investment Priorities for Quality and Growth • Existing ETIC commitments held harmless • Invest in doubling undergraduate and graduate engineering output by 2007 • Invest in multi-institutional quality improvement programs

  14. Agenda for quality and growth AeA presentation Bob Dryden January 10, 2002 Mobilizing OregonA Partnership to Build a 21st Century Technology Workforce

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