Readers with an interest in higher education demographic trends, particularly in STEM disciplines, may wish to check out the 2018 Status Report on Engineering Education, published by the Association for Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU). Funded by the National Science Foundation, this report "examines trends in engineering degrees conferred at national and institutional levels to determine...

In recent years, there has been some rather positive news about the absolute number of women who are choosing to go to college. In short, there are more of them then ever, and they are moving towards constituting a statistical majority of the college-age population. What many consider to be quite troubling is the fact that relatively few women are able to effectively pursue advanced careers in...

The staff members at the Tufts University Center for Engineering Education and Outreach (CEEO) are committed to providing engineering students and those with a curiosity about engineering with a range of new resources in order to help them learn more about its various fields. On their homepage, visitors will note sections such as "Outreach", "Workshops", "Research", and "News & Events". The...