NDLI: Crisis of civil engineering education in information technology age: analysis and prospects

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Nehdi, M.
Copyright Year	2001
Description	Author affiliation: Dept. of Civil & Environ. Eng., Univ. of Western Ontario, London, Ont., Canada (Nehdi, M.)
Abstract	The brightest students entering post secondary education are often attracted by routes other than engineering that are perceived more likely to yield careers of higher prestige and greater returns. For civil engineering in particular, this is further compounded by the fact that the field is not traditionally viewed as a high tech discipline. Thus, student quality, enrollment, and research funding in civil engineering programs have been declining across North America. The conservative construction industry is part of the problem; adjustments of this aging cartel to the new economy are still at the embryonic level. Civil engineering educators are facing the question: how do we change the "hard hat down in the ditch" image of civil engineering in the minds of the new information technology generation? This paper presents an analysis of possible causes of this problem and a vision for potential future solutions.
Sponsorship	IEEE Educ. Soc.
File Size	1260349
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0780366697
ISSN	01905848
DOI	10.1109/FIE.2001.963874
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2001-10-10
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Civil engineering Information technology Information analysis Engineering profession Educational institutions Educational programs NASA Concrete Biomedical engineering North America
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Education Computer Science Applications Software

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