NEW NSF REPORT HIGHLIGHTS SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING
EDUCATION

April 8, 1994 (NSF) -- While still the most preferred engineering
discipline, electrical engineering (EE) continued in a steep 5-year
decline in both annual enrollments and degrees earned, says a
just-released NSF report which surveyed engineering department
chairpersons and used data from the Engineering Workforce Commission.

According to Undergraduate Education in Electrical, Mechanical, and Civil
Engineering, which acknowledges that enrollments are strong indicators of
future degree trends, enrollment in EE dropped 30 percent from 1987- 92. 
Enrollments in mechanical engineering (ME), the second preferred
specialty, changed very little. Enrollments in civil engineering (CE),
students' third choice, increased nearly 27 percent during the same
period.  The report also considered gender and race/ethnicity.  The number
of woman enrolled in EE programs dropped significantly, increased slightly
in ME, and increased significantly in CE to almost one- fifth of the total
CE enrollment.  Blacks and Hispanics boosted their presence
across-the-board in both enrollment and degrees earned.

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