NDLI: Better engineering education with less financial support: a look into the future

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Cook, D.
Copyright Year	1996
Description	Author affiliation: Sch. of Mech. & Process Eng., Cape Technikon, Cape Town, South Africa (Cook, D.)
Abstract	Proposes that business incubators can be natural and valuable extensions of engineering schools. This paper reviews experience gained through the Cape Technikon's chemical engineering business development programme. It recommends a return to technical education by entrepreneurs. Engineering education is directed at freedom from poverty, disease and oppression. Very often, those countries that need education the most have the least to spend on it. Economic development requires a combination of engineering, entrepreneurial and management skills. The association of entrepreneurs with engineering schools through business incubators can result in great mutual benefit. People involved in these business units contribute towards the needs of education in return for access to high-technology facilities and expertise. This makes the schools much less vulnerable to cutbacks in external funding.
Starting Page	1231
Ending Page	1234
File Size	407722
Page Count	4
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0780333489
ISSN	01905848
DOI	10.1109/FIE.1996.567845
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	1996-11-06
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Engineering education Business Educational institutions Diseases Educational products Power generation economics Environmental economics Educational programs Engineering management Technological innovation
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Education Computer Science Applications Software

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