Archive for May, 2008

Higher Tuition for Engineering Students?

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

Proposal calls for raising tuition in UW-Madison College of Engineering
The proposal, which will go before the UW Board of Regents next week, would eventually raise tuition by $1,400 per year in the College of Engineering. The money would go toward hiring more faculty and improving academic programs.
The School of Business was the first undergraduate school [...]

Wyoming Petroleum Engineering Program Graduates First Students

Friday, May 9th, 2008

Reinstated UW Petroleum Engineering Program to Graduate First Students
Just two years after the University of Wyoming reinstated an undergraduate degree program in petroleum engineering, 12 students will receive bachelor of science degrees in the discipline. Commencement is scheduled May 10.
“That (reinstating the B.S. degree) was a good decision,” says H. Gordon Harris, who heads the [...]

Minorities in Engineering

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

A Closer Look at Minorities in Engineering
“We find ourselves at this moment in history with the number of engineering graduates at one of its lowest levels of the past 20 years, and yet a time when the demand for young people prepared to work in America’s high-technology industries has never been higher,” wrote John Brooks [...]