After graduation — What then?

APRINCIPLE on which there seems to be universal agreement is that it is notthe aim of the undergraduate curriculum to produce “finished” engineers — men capable of engaging in responsible professional practice. It follows, therefore, since the profession is concerned in the eventual development of men capable of such practice, that consideration — very careful consideration — should be given to that phase of engineering education, and of professional development, which follows the stage marked by the award of the bachelor´s degree. This seems so obvious as scarcely to need statement, yet it is a matter to which very little constructive effort has been devoted and to which, until now, none has been directed by the profession as a whole.