The (r)evolution and stagnation of higher education in EE ever the past decades

Author

Eskelinen, Pekka

Author_Institution

Lappeenranta Univ. of Technol., Finland

Volume

14

Issue

10

fYear

1999

fDate

10/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

35

Lastpage

38

Abstract

The current university education of electrical and electronics engineers has evolved from the well-established system of the 1950´s to a wishy-washy mixture operating with lots of ill-motivated or less-qualified students, a process mostly accelerated by the growth in the telecommunications industry. External projects take staff time and the curriculum continues to threaten youngsters with de-focused mathematics. The computer age has reduced the interest in experimental research, and the continuation of science in the systems level may be in danger

Keywords

educational courses; educational technology; electrical engineering education; curriculum; electrical engineers; electronics engineers; higher education; motivation; quality of students; university education; Acceleration; Communication industry; Design engineering; Educational technology; Electronics industry; Industrial electronics; Manufacturing industries; Mass production; Systems engineering education; Telecommunication computing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8985

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/62.799627

Filename

799627