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 [...]

Motorola Supports National Engineering Education Initiative with $1 Million Grant
The Motorola Foundation today announced $1 million in support of the National Academy Foundation’s (NAF) Academy of Engineering initiative, which will help create 110 academies in high schools across the country to inspire young people to study science and engineering. In collaboration with Project Lead the [...]

Worker Shortage Called Maryland, USA Threat by Phillip McGowan, Baltimore Sun:
A shortage of workers with high-tech and other skills needed to fill defense and homeland security jobs threatens not only Maryland’s economic development but also the nation’s war on terrorism, according to a report released yesterday.
The Fort Meade Alliance, a group of business leaders that [...]

SciVee is a new site by the great people at PLoS, with support from NSF and San Diego Supercomputer Center. It is very early in the launch of this effort but it looks very promising.
SciVee allows scientists to communicate their work as a multimedia presentation incorporated with the content of their published article. Other [...]

Baucus proposing free college tuition for math and science majors:
Sen. Max Baucus wants free college tuition for math and science majors as part of a $25 billion education incentives package that also includes help for rural teachers and more money for pre-kindergarten programs. Baucus, D-Mont., told The Associated Press he hopes to introduce his [...]

The NSF-funded MATE Center recently held their annual student ROV competition in Canada, and rookie teams from Jesuit High School of Carmichael, California (Explorer class) and Cornerstone Academy of Gainesville, Florida (Ranger class) were this year’s winners. This international event featured 41 teams representing schools from six countries. Students were challenged to design and build [...]

The U.S. engineering education enterprise is challenged to produce a diverse engineering workforce with the capability to meet the rapidly changing demands of global engineering practice and national competitiveness and security—it must develop the capacity for continual renewal rather than engaging in periodic reforms. Many within the enterprise are now engaged in defining, developing [...]

Many states in the U.S. are alarmed by news from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Science 2005 Report Card, released Wednesday - science proficiency appears to dwindle as students reach high school. One state fairly concerned with science education is Illinois. About 70 percent of Illinois 4th and 8th graders [...]

How best to improve the nation’s technological competitiveness is not an easy problem to tackle. Senator John Ensign (R-Nev.), Chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Technology, Innovation and Competitiveness, presided over a Senate hearing, Fostering Innovation in Math and Science Education, on Wednesday which explored the importance of science, math, and engineering education [...]