How is society influenced by engineering and technology? How in turn does society shape engineering and technology? This book from the National Academy of Engineering explores ways in which ...technology and society form inseparable elements in a complex sociotechnical system.The essays in this volume are based on the proposition that many forces move and shape engineering, technology, culture, and society. Six specialists both inside and outside the field of engineering offer views on how engineering responds to society's needs and how social forces shape what engineers do and what they can achieve.
The Declining Value of College Going Freeman, Richard; Hollomon, J. Herbert
Change (New Rochelle, N.Y.),
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Magazine Article
The high demand for Coll-educated Americans which spurred many on "to extend their education from 12 to 16 or more years of formal schooling," took a declivitous turn in the early 1970's to ...unceremoniously terminate the 25-year boom in the Coll job market. The question of whether this downturn will be a short-lived phenomenon or whether it is heralding major permanent change is addressed, with the idea that a "major break with the past" is representing the real nature of the phenomenon. The downswing is documented statistically; trends in Coll attendance are discussed, & extrapolations for the immediate (1980) future are generated. Projections are also given for faculty members, for financial circumstances, & for social implications & responses. Described are options for dealing with the problems faced by institutions of higher education & the people involved. 6 Figures. C. Grindle.
