抄録
This is a survey of the restructuring of engineering education in U.S.. It will be a good guide to the long-term and strategic consideration of engineering education in Japan. At present U.S. is enthusiastic in restructuring engineering education, for it believes that technological strength is above all needed to regain it's power in international competition. The outline of the restructuring is shown I the report presented to the President by Business-Higher Education Forum, in which it argues that the cooperation of business and education, especially the positive perticipation of enterprises is effective. E. Bloch, the director of National Science Foundation (NSF), says that basic research and education should be emphasized to gain competitive strength. NSR has established Engineer Department and carries in effect Engineer Research Center, Presidential Young Investigator Awarded, Business Innovation Research Program, and so on. As for higher education organs, the referred source is the report by Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), The American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), and the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). In this report such subjects as reorganization of university curriculum, preparedness of lifelong education are taken up.
