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THE WICKED AND THE INTRACTABLE

Today's engineering students face stiff pressures. Just about every global problem they will encounter--from cancer to climate change--has an engineering dimension as well as a growing array of technological tools to master. Schools have responded with a proliferation of programs in emerging su...

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Published in:ASEE prism 2020-03, Vol.29 (7), p.20-21
Main Author: Lord, Mary
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Today's engineering students face stiff pressures. Just about every global problem they will encounter--from cancer to climate change--has an engineering dimension as well as a growing array of technological tools to master. Schools have responded with a proliferation of programs in emerging subfields. Some may become full-fledged disciplines; others will disappear. But the rapid pace of change and complexity means that many of the skills today's graduates possess could soon prove obsolete. For engineering educators, that poses a grand challenge: how to equip students with the core knowledge they will need throughout their careers while simultaneously training them to become lifelong learners.
ISSN:1056-8077
1930-6148