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International Applications for Project Integrated Learning through Engagement in the Partnership for the Advancement of Collaborative Engineering Education (PACE)

Conference Session
Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session II
Collection
2015 ASEE International Forum
Authors
Patricia A. Sullivan, New Mexico State University; Delia Valles-Rosales, New Mexico State University; Marcelo Augusto Leal Alves, University of São Paulo; Brendan P. Sullivan, New Mexico State University
Tagged Topics
International Forum
. The challenge is to create educational environments that fostercomprehensive training that includes meaningful connections to the real world of work, whilefacilitating the development of self-efficacy beliefs and soft skills all leading to the competencynecessary for the job market and employers’ expectations (Harris, J. G, et al, 2013). As stated byClark (2012), higher education must enhance the employability and work readiness of itsgraduates by helping the students to transfer the knowledge gained in the classrooms intosituations in the labor market (Clark, S. 2012). Employability has been recognized as a lifelongprocess that supports students’ development of knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviors whichwill enable them to be successful
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Engineering Leadership Development Programs: Universities Respond to Critical Needs in the US and Internationally

Conference Session
Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session II
Collection
2015 ASEE International Forum
Authors
Nicolas Couto Giffoni dos Santos, SIUC Leadership Development Program; Bruce DeRuntz, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; Rhonda K Kowalchuk, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Tagged Topics
Diversity, International Forum
lifelong learners is critical for the world’s health anddevelopment. Addressing the complex challenges of the 21st century successfully can only be achievedif an engineer also has highly developed soft skills; especially—leadership. The university’s rolein preparing engineering students to be the future technical leaders is essential to address this need.Providing a safe and constructive leadership experience early in a young leader's life will makestudents develop and maintain a positive mindset to be a lifelong learner. It is well-known that successful leadership is gained through deliberate practice andconstructive feedback. The more a person puts their leadership skills into practice and learn fromtheir mistakes, the more
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