Title :
LEAP: Leadership in Engineering Advancing the Profession
Author :
Lyczko, Judith E.
Author_Institution :
Cooper Union Sch. of Eng., New York, NY, USA
Abstract :
LEAP is Cooper Union´s new leadership and professional development program which is designed to offer engineering students a structured, yet flexible, selection of participatory leadership experiences, workshops and courses. LEAP´s goal is to cultivate the professional and interpersonal skills of engineering students and to enhance their leadership potential in both the college and the workplace, thereby advancing the profession of engineering
Keywords :
continuing education; educational courses; engineering education; professional aspects; Cooper Union; LEAP programme; Leadership in Engineering Advancing the Profession; college; courses; engineering profession; engineering students; interpersonal skills; leadership potential; participatory leadership experiences; professional development; professional skills; workplace; workshops; Art; Design engineering; Educational institutions; Employment; Engineering education; Engineering profession; Engineering students; Recruitment; Resumes; Springs;
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education Conference, 2000. FIE 2000. 30th Annual
Conference_Location :
Kansas City, MO
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6424-4
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.2000.897603
