The Vanishing Science and Engineering Teacher

The extreme shortage in recent years of engineers and scientists with advanced degrees has caused a severe depletion of younger university teachers in these fields. The simultaneous increase in the number of technical students in universities has put an added load on the remaining faculty. While the...

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Published in:IRE transactions on education 1958-01, Vol.1 (1), p.8-9
Main Author: Straiton, A. W.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:The extreme shortage in recent years of engineers and scientists with advanced degrees has caused a severe depletion of younger university teachers in these fields. The simultaneous increase in the number of technical students in universities has put an added load on the remaining faculty. While the larger student population promises to provide warm bodies to fill technical positions, there is a great danger that the quality of the product will deteriorate.
ISSN:0893-7141
DOI:10.1109/TE.1958.4322008