News tagged with engineering education
Faculty retention proves a major challenge for universities
Attracting and retaining the world's brightest students is on the mind of every university official. But a new, unprecedented study in the journal Science suggests leaders in higher education face an understated, even more p ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Feb 16, 2012 |
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Middle school teachers, students stay after school to work on science, engineering projects
The School of Education at Virginia Tech and the College of Education at University of Kentucky were awarded $1.3 million from the National Science Foundation to implement and evaluate an inquiry-based after-school ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Feb 13, 2012 |
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Knowledge mining resource accelerates science, technology education, research
Interdisciplinary collaborations bring vitality and success to the nation's research enterprise. Such interactions among disciplines also provide robust, real-life experiences for university students.
Oct 13, 2011 |
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Race matters when recruiting, retaining undergraduate women engineers
Attempts to recruit and retain more women in undergraduate engineering programs often lump all female students into a single group. At best, minority women as a group may receive special attention.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jul 19, 2011 |
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New report offers roadmap for success in K-12 STEM education
From educators to leaders in industry, there is broad agreement that U.S. schools have a crucial challenge in improving teaching and learning in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) among students ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 28, 2011 |
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Report recommends ways to improve K-12 STEM education, calls on policymakers
State, national, and local policymakers should elevate science education in grades K-12 to the same level of importance as reading and mathematics, says a new report from the National Research Council. The report recommends ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 23, 2011 |
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A 'genius' and his robots
It was lunch hour and hundreds of Dos Pueblos High School students surged onto the bleachers at the school's outdoor Greek Theater. The crowd was cheering, the music was thumping and a student-built robot named Penguinbot ...
May 02, 2011 |
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National study identifies range of opportunities to improve engineering education
America's higher education system is widely regarded to be one of the largest and most flexible systems in the world. Despite this advantage, the U.S. is in danger of being outpaced by other countries in producing innovative ...
Oct 15, 2010 |
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ESA's Rosetta comet-chaser goes LEGO
(PhysOrg.com) -- What does a scientist do to visualise a space journey? Build a model, of course. A model of Europe's Rosetta comet-chaser made out of LEGO blocks started out in this small way and has grown ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 22, 2010 |
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UWM study explores why women leave engineering careers
While only one in 10 male engineers leave their field by the time they reach their 30s, about one in four women are not working in engineering despite having completed the necessary education.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 06, 2009 |
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K-12 education should include engineering
The introduction of K-12 engineering education has the potential to improve student learning and achievement in science and mathematics, increase awareness about what engineers do and of engineering as a potential career, ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 08, 2009 |
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Research findings contradict myth of high engineering dropout rate
Research findings suggest that, contrary to popular belief, engineering does not have a higher dropout rate than other majors and women do just as well as men, information that could lead to a strategy for ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 04, 2009 |
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