Conference Session

SPECIAL SESSION: Describing the Engineering Student Learning Experience Based on CAEE Findings: Part 2

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Jocuns, University of Washington; Reed Stevens, University of Washington; Lari Garrison, University of Washington; Daniel Amos, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

fabulously successfulentrepreneurs, like founders of dot.com corporations who had changed the world with theirinnovations. Engineering students were encouraged to take entrepreneurial risks, strive for highachievement, and if possible to create and found their own companies. Thus for students atSuburban Private University, the image that engineers were entrepreneurs and risk-takers whowould make millions of dollars and change the world with their innovations was prevalent, andin some cases empowering. For example, Rudy, co-founded an IT firm while still anundergraduate computer science student and became so busy with the business venture hedropped out of Suburban Private University his junior year. During the second year of operationthe business had