Competencies beyond countries: The re-organization of engineering education in the United states, Europe, and Latin America

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 433-447

  Lucena, Juan ^a   Downey, Gary ^b   Jesiek, Brent ^c   Elber, Sharon ^b  

^a Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competencies; Europe; Identity latin america; U.S.

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

COMPETENCIES; ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS; EDUCATION ORGANIZATIONS; ENGINEERING COMPETENCIES; EUROPE; KEY INDICATOR; LATIN AMERICA;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 47349115906     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2008.tb00991.x     Document Type: Article

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