"ELITE: A New Undergraduate Program in Engineering"

“ELITE：新的工程学本科课程”

• 批准号: 9555057
• 负责人: Suvrajeet Sen
• 金额: $ 62.37万
• 依托单位: University of Arizona
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1996
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1996-06-01 至 2003-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9555057&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: ELITE; New; Undergraduate; Program; Engineering

This project is a major institutional reform by which students at the University of Arizona will be able to combine a liberal arts education with the problem-solving skills emphasized in engineering programs. The new program in Engineering with Liberal and Technical Education (ELiTE) will lead to a Bachelor of Arts in Engineering. The program should be especially attractive to students with ability and interest in mathematics and science who seek a truly well rounded education, as well as those who find traditional engineering programs too narrowly technical. The project will include an innovative seminar series that provides an in-depth examination of the social context within which engineering is carried out. The project also plans to educate leaders with a broad vision of society, integrated with the skills of an engineer. On an experimental level, the project will attempt to demonstrate that it is possible to increase student demand for engineering, recruit and retain a greater percentage of women and minorities, and attain a higher graduation rate by increasing the degree of flexibility in engineering education.

该项目是一项重大的制度改革，通过该项目，亚利桑那大学的学生将能够将文科教育与工程项目中强调的解决问题的技能联合收割机结合起来。 在工程与自由和技术教育（ELiTE）的新方案将导致艺术在工程学士学位。 该计划应该特别吸引那些对数学和科学有能力和兴趣的学生，他们寻求真正全面的教育，以及那些发现传统工程课程过于狭隘的技术。 该项目将包括一个创新的研讨会系列，提供了一个深入的研究，其中工程进行的社会背景。 该项目还计划培养具有广阔社会视野的领导者，并将其与工程师的技能相结合。 在实验一级，该项目将试图证明，通过提高工程教育的灵活性，有可能增加对工程的学生需求，招聘和留住更多的妇女和少数民族，并提高毕业率。