What % of your classmates changed majors away from engineering?

ken285
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:18:22 +0000

I think we actually produce the right number of engineers, given today’s economic and social motivations. If we want to change that number, we have to change the motivations.



Yes, of course. Given the current conditions, I don’t expect this country to be able to produce more engineers. That’s why things have to change, and I think they slowly are. Our nation’s infrastructure has been one of the issues in this election year, as well as alternative energies, given the current oil situation. Obama is proposing a $60B National Infrastructure Bank. There’s a bill in Congress that would change the way funds are allocated to infrastructure projects. People are beginning to realize the importance of some of these things, so I think this is a step in the right direction, but it’s still not enough.