Research Article
Jan 1972
The Nature of Continuing Education
Publication: Engineering Issues: Journal of Professional Activities
Volume 98, Issue 1
Abstract
Today as never before, education in general—and professional education in particular—is being held accountable for expenditures of public and private treasure as well as for the heavy investments of manpower made in its behalf. Parents, benefactors, and legislators ask what they are getting for their money. Employers question the value of a higher degree, and Ph.D. graduate engineers are scratching for jobs. What does this situation mean for continuing education in engineering and science? Once these educational deficiencies—real or imagined—are identified, curriculum planners can go ahead and reform the educational program for future generations; workers in continuing education must commence immediately to reform the people who are the innocent victims or products of the recent past system.
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Engineering Issues: Journal of Professional Activities
Volume 98 • Issue 1 • January 1972
Pages: 113 - 130
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© 1972 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published in print: Jan 1972
Published online: Feb 10, 2021
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ASCE Technical Topics:
- Business management
- Colleges and universities
- Construction engineering
- Construction industry
- Construction management
- Education
- Engineering education
- Financial management
- Government
- Graduate study
- Investments
- Legislation
- Organizations
- Practice and Profession
- Private sector
- Public private partnership
- Value engineering
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Alfred C. Ingersoll, F.ASCE
Assoc. Dean for Continuing Education, Univ. of California, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Los Angeles, Calif.
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