Posted on February 8th, 2006 by csk
In last weeks State of the Union Address, President Bush highlighted K-12 science and math education as part of the Administration’s new American Competitiveness Initiative (ACI). As one part of the larger initiative that seeks to encourage research and development, innovation, and global competitiveness, the education arm of the ACI proposes new Federal support to improve the quality of math, science, and technological education in K-12 schools.
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Posted on January 12th, 2006 by asee admin
National Engineers Week 2006 will launch an extensive outreach to middle school teachers this year, entitled “Connecting Educators to Engineering.” The new program will target up to 10,000 middle school teachers with a coordinated push to train engineers to directly interact with educators, provide needed learning materials, and create an online forum for educator and […]
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Posted on October 4th, 2005 by asee admin
What’s the hot topic among undergrads enrolling in engineering programs? According to the 2004 ASEE Profiles of Engineering and Engineering Technology Colleges, engineering students are clamoring to get computer science degrees, in comparison to other fields with large numbers of majors. Out of the 72,893 bachelor’s degrees awarded by engineering colleges in the 2003-04 academic […]
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