A recent New York Times articles took another look at the Olin College of Engineering: Re-engineering Engineering
The result is a school with no academic departments or tenure, and one that emphasizes entrepreneurship and humanities as well as technical education. Its method of instruction has more in common with a liberal arts college, where the focus [...]

On the very popular, Open Access News, Peter Suber, posted on ASEE’s launch of Advances in Engineering Education last month:
I commend the ASEE for this launch. Society publishers have much to gain from OA, and I’m always glad to see another one announce a launch or experiment. However, I’m concerned that the journal [...]

The Google Way: Give Engineers Room
Google engineers are encouraged to take 20 percent of their time to work on something company-related that interests them personally. This means that if you have a great idea, you always have time to run with it.
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These grouplets have practically no budget, and they have no decision-making authority. What they [...]