Conference Session

Continuing Education for Faculty

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

International

ofbusiness cycles. The views of the graduates have, by and large, been similar to thoseof the author and to views of some faculty members in Region’s colleges; and areconsonant with developing a more responsive educational environment.It is interesting to note that the evolution of engineering education in the Region haspassed through three consecutive stages. Stage one: the stage of founding andestablishment, lasted nearly a decade, and characterized mainly by adopting andtransferring a North American model of engineering education to the Region. Expats,at the time, were entrusted with the tasks of the transfer, and were guided primarilyby agreed-upon guidelines. Stage two: is the search for an identity stage. This is theperiod when nationals, who