Battling the Image of 'a Nerd's Profession'

Universities devise programs to lure more students to engineering

By KELLY FIELD

Linda P.B. Katehi, Purdue University's dean of engineering, had seen the statistics. Applications were down at engineering schools. Foreign students, frustrated by visa delays, were staying home. Demand for engineers was expected to outpace supply. The United States was in danger...

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