Engineering Education for the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities

Abstract

Abstract Engineering education faces many challenges today. Changes in the external environment, such as funding reductions and increasing costs, are forcing colleges of engineering to face their futures creatively. Engineering faculty, in particular, are well‐placed to play leadership roles in generating a campus‐wide response to the challenges faced. Working with the rest of the university and with external partners, including K‐12, industry, government, foundations, and other countries, engineering faculty can restructure higher education in order to continue producing well‐educated graduates and high‐quality research.