| INDUSTRY
DAY - Tuesday, June 24, 2008 |
Collaborations to Meet
the Global Future in Engineering
- What do we need to prepare our companies to remain competitive
in the global economy?
- What skills do graduates need to be “global engineers”?
- What can we do together to anticipate the issues and
plan for answers?
- What are the consequences if we don’t?
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Tuesday, June 24, 2008
7 a.m. - 8:15 a.m. |
Sustainable
Gains in K-12 Formal and Informal Education
- The level of activity in K-12 formal and informal education
is at an all-time high.
- How can a collaborative approach lead to a better understanding
of measuring outcomes and program effectiveness?
- How can industry, educators and non-profits engaged in
formal and informal engineering education work together
to ensure high levels of impact over time?
- This session will pull in several educators and the Society
of Women Engineers Assessing Women and Men in Engineering
(SWE-AWE) Project.
|
Tuesday,
June 24, 2008
8:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. |
| CMC/CIP Joint Business
Meeting Luncheon |
Tuesday, June, 24 2008
12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. |
Next
Steps—EDI 2007 Diversity
- How can industry and deans and their leadership teams
collaborate to achieve sustainable gains in engineering
diversity?
- There is broad agreement about the need for increased
diversity in engineering education—for many reasons.
- What tools, training, incentives and rewards are central
to the objective of increasing diversity in engineering?
- What best, promising and experimental practices can deans
and their leadership teams implement in the education setting?
- What barriers exist and how can they be lifted?
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Tuesday,
June 24, 2008
2:15 p.m. - 4 p.m. |
Hearing Student Voices
- What feedback do we have about the student experience
in engineering?
- What changes in climate, instruction and community would
result if student voices were fully heard?
- How can an enriched understanding of student experiences
contribute to improvement in engineering education?
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Tuesday, June 24, 2008
4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m. |
EDC/Engineering
Technology/CMC Reception (Ticketed)
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Tuesday,
June 24, 2008
6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. |
| EDC/Engineering Technology
Deans/CMC Dinner (By Invitation) |
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. |
