Collection

2019 ASEE Zone I Conference & Workshop

Authors

Brandiff R Caron

., et al. "The changing face of engineering education." BRIDGE-WASHINGTON-NATIONAL ACADEMY OFENGINEERING- 36.2 (2006): 5.11visited repeatedly throughout the history of the professional “system” in the US. Resistance from industry (dueto the associated increase in cost of wages for professional engineers) as well as a general apathy toward the“soft skills” in engineering on the part of professional engineers seem to be the two biggest obstacles to the ideaof the coupling of licensure and accreditation being taken seriously. The argument for coupling the two is a simple one. Since it is the case that the profession values ethics(as demonstrated by the code of ethics that binds all professional engineers) and especially values publicwelfare