Report of the joint committee on engineering education

“The Study of Engineering Education” is the title of a report just issued by the Joint Committee on Engineering Education representing the principal engineering societies. The Committee is composed of representatives of the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education, American Society of Civil Engineers, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Institute of Electrical Engineers, and the American Chemical Society. After considerable work had been done by the Committee it became apparent that the work could best be carried out by the employment of someone who could devote his entire attention to the study and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching agreed to bear the expense of the study and appointed Prof. Charles R. Mann of the University of Chicago who continued the work under the general direction of the Committee and in touch with it. Prof. Mann´s report which is very complete is contained in a pamphlet of 134 pages and which also includes a discussion of the report by the Joint Committee on Engineering Education. The report is divided into three general parts; (1) covering present conditions in engineering schools (2) discussion of the general problems of engineering education, and, (3) suggested solutions. The report is published by the Carnegie Foundation, 576 Fifth Avenue, New York City, from which copies can be obtained.