Crisis in Engineering Education
The Princeton Review concluded of 20 schools with the worst professors, seven are engineering schools. So there's a crisis in engineering education, right? Find out in our extensive coverage and in-depth survey results.

The Princeton Review concluded of 20 schools with the worst professors, seven are engineering schools. So there's a crisis in engineering education, right? Find out in our extensive coverage and in-depth survey results.
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Small Engineering Schools Harvey Mudd, Olin, Rose-Hulman Offer Big Results
Harvey Mudd, Olin College and Rose-Hulman Institute are engineering schools that offer a successful alternative to the big university model. Full Story
2008-03-16 20:00:00 EDT -
Survey Says: U.S. Engineering Education is Pretty Good
Design News conducted a study in January 2008 to better understand opinions about the quality and value of the education colleges and universities provide to prospective engineers. Read the results and see how they compare to your engineering education experience. Full Story
2008-03-17 07:36:00 EDT -
Teaching The New Engineering Skills
To get ahead, engineering students will need to go beyond the fundamentals and focus on the cultural and business skills the workplace now demands. Full Story
2008-03-17 07:28:00 EDT -
Plastics Engineering Degrees: The Pros and Cons
Plastics engineering grads are highly employable, but may lack some versatility if they want to move into a different field. Only one four-year U.S. program is ABET-certified. Full Story
2008-03-17 07:17:00 EDT -
Smith College: A Fresh Approach to Engineering Education
Many women today don't think about engineering as something to study or a profession. The Picker Engineering Program at the all-female Smith College are working to change that. Full Story
2008-03-17 06:00:00 EDT -
Rating the Schools, Teachers: Are Engineering Students Happy?
When The Princeton Review’s Best 366 Colleges asked more than 120,000 students to rate their happiness and the quality of teaching at their schools, engineering schools didn’t fare well. But the news isn’t all bad. Full Story
2008-03-17 07:00:00 EDT -
Engineering Education in Action
The Princeton Review paints a bleak picture of the state of engineering education - but the photos in our gallery reveal a different sentiment. Full Story
2008-03-05 05:30:00 EST -
Magnanti on MIT's 'Learning by Doing' Imperative
Thomas L. Magnanti, Ph.D., former engineering dean and Institute Professor at MIT, gives his views on the state of higher education in U.S. engineering. Full Story
2008-03-17 07:36:00 EDT -
SMU Dean Geoffrey Orsak on Engineering Education
Geoffrey C. Orsak, dean of the engineering school at Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas, shares his views on engineering education. Full Story
2008-03-17 09:47:00 EDT
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