Olin College is Shaking Up Engineering Education

Dave_Berry
Wed, 12 Jun 2019 18:49:53 +0000
Olin College of Engineering

"If it turns out that STEM is just a four-letter word, then whither is the state of engineering education?

Among the possible alternatives is a ‘foundational’ approach that is tightly focused on identifying the problem and finding a solution. Relatively small undergraduate programs are taking the first steps, but educators must now find ways to scale that approach.

For now, the focus is on ‘learning how to learn and [then] learning context,’ said Vincent Manno, a professor and provost of Olin College, a private undergraduate engineering school located in the Boston suburbs. Highly regarded Olin may have found the formula for educating the next generation of engineers who must solve problems while contemplating the intended and unintended consequences of what they create." …

https://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1334782#

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