Re-engineering Engineering
John Schwartz for the New York Times:
Engineering schools had structured themselves, largely for the convenience of faculty, around a comfortable way of teaching but not the best methods of learning. There was too much note-taking in the classroom and not enough hands-on learning. Institutions stressed research over undergraduate teaching, because that’s where the recognition and grant money come from. […] Eventually, the F. W. Olin Foundation agreed to give more than $400 million to create a whole new school.
I had never heard of Franklin W. Olin College prior to this article, but if it’s half as impressive as this article makes it sound, I expect to hear a lot about it over the next 10 years.
