Where will we find the next generation of engineers?
| March 18, 2008 |  View for printing |
A new study that examines the number of engineering graduates coming out of our nation’s engineering schools reveals a mixed picture of how prepared each state is for meeting the need for high-tech workers in the coming years.
Greg Schuckman, Assistant VP of University Relations and Director of Federal Relations and Research Advancement at the University of Central Florida, authored the study after revisiting data that he had analyzed in 1998 while working for the American Association of Engineering Societies in DC. “Over the past 20 years, the number of students earning bachelors degrees in engineering has declined by almost 3% nationally,” says Schuckman. “While that statistic may not seem significant by itself, the decline comes at a time when the number of students receiving bachelors degrees overall in the US has increased by more than 50%.”
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(Thanks to David Nelson for passing this along.) 
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