Summary of preliminary report: Committee on evaluation of engineering education

Foreword. The summary presented here is that of the Preliminary Report prepared by the Committee on Evaluation of Engineering Education of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). The work of this committee over the past 18 months has been financed jointly by Engineers´ Council for Professional Development (ECPD) and by the Engineering Foundation. The Preliminary Report now is being studied by institutional committees on evaluation in some 150 colleges of engineering. When the comments and criticisms from the educational institutions are received, the Preliminary Report will be revised and presented to the ASEE.