Attracting Prospective Engineering Students in the Emerging European Space for Higher Education

Autor/in	Lopez-Martin, Antonio J.
Titel	Attracting Prospective Engineering Students in the Emerging European Space for Higher Education
Quelle	In: IEEE Transactions on Education, 53 (2010) 1, S.46-52 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-9359
DOI	10.1109/TE.2009.2023083
Schlagwörter	Outreach Programs; Foreign Countries; Change Strategies; Educational Change; Engineering Education; Student Recruitment; Enrollment Management; Program Descriptions; Program Effectiveness; Higher Education; Spain + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Jobcoaching; Ausland; Lösungsstrategie; Bildungsreform; Ingenieurausbildung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Spanien
Abstract	A set of outreach activities implemented by the College of Engineering of the Public University of Navarra, Spain, is described. They represent different initiatives aimed to improve recruitment of young engineers in the difficult context of declining interest in engineering and the educational changes Europe is facing nowadays. The initiatives include didactic materials and activities specifically targeted to high schools and other events aimed to increase awareness about the relevance of science and engineering in the society. During the three years the outreach program has been applied, an increase in the number of engineering students of 12.5% has been experienced, which is in contrast to the decrease of 1.6% in the number of new university students during the same period. (Contains 4 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10