November 4, 2005

Study Shows Increase in Graduates' Skills

By BURTON BOLLAG

Students who graduated from college engineering programs in 2004 were better qualified to enter the profession than were students who graduated in 1994, according to the results of a study released last week at the annual conference of ABET, the national accrediting association for engineering and computing programs.

The three-year study, which assessed graduates of undergraduate engineering programs at 40 American institutions, was commissioned by ABET and conducted by Pennsylvania

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