July 8, 2005

Report by National Academy of Engineering Suggests Overhauling the Discipline

By JEFFREY BRAINARD

Colleges should reshape engineering education to attract students to what is becoming an increasingly complex profession, according to a report from the National Academy of Engineering. A panel of the academy recommended several changes, which include encouraging students to complete master's degrees as a professional qualification and offering continuing-education programs similar to executive M.B.A.'s.

The panel that wrote the report, "Educating the Engineer of 2020: Adapting

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