Conference Session

ASCE Policy 465: Raising the Bar

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Ressler, United States Military Academy; Jeffrey Russell

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

educational basis for jurisdictional claims in relation to other professions ≠ Refine and expand the BOK through research Page 14.1252.7 ≠ Serve as the primary source of profession’s status and public identity ≠ Contribute to students’ commitment to the profession as a career ≠ Contribute to a shared identity and feeling of community among members of the professionOf all these purposes, Freidson places particular emphasis on the importance of research.Strengthening and expanding the BOK is seen as a critical tool for defending and expanding theprofession’s jurisdiction. In the civil engineering community, research is