Distance Education to Startup Full Engineering Programs at Other Schools and Establish Pre-Engineering Programs at Two-Year Colleges

工程-其他（59）本项目的目标是利用远程教育建立(1)四年制大学化学、土木、电气和机械工程认可的学士学位课程，以及(2)两年制大学这四个学科的工程预科课程。该项目建立在北达科他州大学（UND）二十年来提供本科工程远程教育的经验基础上，该教育在其所有四个学科中都获得了abet认证。该项目扩大了开发计划署与其他四年制和两年制院校之间的现有关系，共同努力增加进入劳动力队伍的合格工程师人数。具体而言，该项目与北达科他州立科学学院和本尼迪克特学院合作，此外还有贝特霍尔德堡社区学院、Turtle Mountain社区学院和坎德斯卡·奇卡纳社区学院的部落学院，以激发美洲原住民学生对STEM领域的兴趣。该项目实施和评估远程工程教育的使用，作为在两年制院校建立工程预科课程和在四年制大学加强完整工程课程的一种手段。

Engineering-Other (59)The goals of this project are to use distance education to establish (1) accredited bachelor's programs in chemical, civil, electrical, and mechanical engineering at four-year colleges and (2) pre-engineering programs in these four disciplines at two-year colleges. The project builds on the University of North Dakota's (UND) twenty years of experience providing undergraduate engineering distance education that is ABET-accredited in all four of its disciplines. The project expands existing relationships between UND and other four- and two-year institutions in a collaborative effort to increase the number of qualified engineers that enter the workforce. Specifically, the project partners with North Dakota State College of Science and Benedictine College, in addition to the tribal colleges of Fort Berthold Community College, Turtle Mountain Community College, and Cankdeska Cikana Community College in order to stimulate interest in STEM fields among Native American students. The project implements and evaluates the use of distance engineering education as a means to establish pre-engineering programs at two-year institutions and to enhance full engineering programs at four-year colleges.