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Comparative Study of Engineering Education

This document provides an overview of a proposed comparative study of engineering education in the United States and China. It discusses several key topics that would be explored, including the history of engineering curriculums and student workloads, industry influence on educational objectives, and how political and economic factors shape the production of technical labor. The study aims to examine these issues through interviews, historical documents, and comparative analysis of public and private institutions in both countries.

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Comparative Study of Engineering Education

This document provides an overview of a proposed comparative study of engineering education in the United States and China. It discusses several key topics that would be explored, including the history of engineering curriculums and student workloads, industry influence on educational objectives, and how political and economic factors shape the production of technical labor. The study aims to examine these issues through interviews, historical documents, and comparative analysis of public and private institutions in both countries.

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Working title: Higher Education in Engineering and The Development of Students: A Comparative

Study of American and Chinese Engineering Education


Key words: Industry-university relation, Human Development, Objective of Education

DATA SETS? SOCIAL RESEARCH WHY NOW? HOW BIAS? FIELDS OF FUNDERS
TEHORETICAL QUESTIONS PREPARED? WORK?
QUESTIONS
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engineering maintain its industry influence generality education in experience in Sociology of NSF fund for
curriculum and hegemony via the educational education v.s. Engineering; Engineering major Education; Science,
students workload influencing orientation of speciality My working and the complaint Engineering Studies Technology and
in education? colleges/universitie education. experience in IT from colleagues Society
colleges/universitie s through funding, Public and manufacturing around me lead me NSF SBE Doctoral
s; How do political collaboration, and dissatisfaction with industry; to see the Dissertation
Interview with and economic employment of the the higher I was born in a problematic aspects Research
engineering factors structure the graduates? education; family of educators. of engineering Improvement
students, educators, objective of The criticism of the education more. Grants
school education? (How) Does college curriculum; NSF Innovations in
administrative, students' The considerable My personal Engineering
employers in How does the expectation for overload for interest leads me to Education,
industry, and new, educational education and their engineering think that a certain Curriculum, and
and old employees orientation self-identity change graduate students; extent of Infrastructure
in industry; influence the during the The fast knowledge in
Historical personal education? development of humanity and social
documents on development of How do students private colleges in science is
college/university students. evaluate the China. indispensable in the
funds, enrollment, education at development of
graduate How does the different phases of college students.
employment rate, production of their education and
university-industry technical labor career? I've never been
relations, etc. differ under How do colleges/ under financial
Comparative study different political universities adjust threat, therefore, I
of public and and cultural their educational may underestimate
private context? strategy to adapt to the significance of
colleges/universitie the struggle for studying for
s. fund and subsistence.
Comparative study reputation?
of Chinese and The education
American higher practice in China is
education in different from its
Engineering; American
Study of the counterpart, about
interaction between which I know little.
industry and
students through
industry funded
competition,
scholarship, student
travel, and
internship, the job
ads and
professional
education on
campus, and the
visit and lecture of
business leaders in
colleges/universitie
s.

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