Merits Of Faculty Internship In Industry A Valuable Experience
Merits Of Faculty Internship In Industry A Valuable Experience
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教师行业实习的优点 宝贵的经验
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2003
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通讯作者:
James H. Lorenz
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A. Nasab;James H. Lorenz
One of the more effective ways for the engineering technology programs to keep faculty abreast of the new developments in their respective fields is to instill a faculty internship program. Studies have shown that faculty industrial placement is a component of life-long learning that helps to maintain and expand technological skills1. The internship program at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU), fully supported by the industrial advisory council, is set up to be a very simple and paper-free process. Every semester one member of the faculty spends the entire semester working as an engineer at a local industry and continues to draw his or her normal salary from the university. The industry, in turn, reimburses the university for the cost of replacing the faculty with adjunct faculty. Since the faculty member is employed as a contractor in the host company, he/she retains the employment benefits from the university. This paper describes the logistical details of faculty industrial internships, advantages to the industry and the university, and the personal experiences of the author as a faculty intern.