WHERE ARE GRAD STUDENTS GOING—THE USA?
A survey of some 500 US colleges and universities has shown that the number of graduate school applications
by foreign students had declined significantly over the past year. The most noticable decline has been in
Chinese grad student applications. This general decline has been attributed to changes in the visa process.
Click here to see
the report, which is located at the NAFSA's Web site (click here).
Click here to see a report from the Chronicle
of Higher Education. NOTE: a subscription to the Chronicle of Higher Education is required to access this article.
There is also a report that indicates there is a decline in the
number of foreign
students taking the Graduate Record Exam (GRE). Also see an
article in the Chronicle of Higher Education.
NOTE: a subscription to the Chronicle of Higher Education is required to access this article.
In a related story: The USA Congress has faulted agencies for visa delays. Members the US Congress
recently chastised the State Department, the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security for unnecessary
delays in the processing of visas for students and scholars applying to study in technology-related fields. This article can be
viewed at: The Chronicle of Higher Education's
online site. NOTE: a subscription to the Chronicle of Higher Education is required to access this article.
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USA GOVERMENT ATTACKED ON DISTORTING SCEINTIFIC INFORMATION
A Chronicle of Higher Education article reports that the USA White House has distorted
some scientific information. The article reports that sixty prominent scholars have accused the USA White
House of distorting information that differs from its agenda. Another report states that unqualified people have
been appointed to important policy posts and that those appointees have selectively censored reports to their
benefit the Bush administration's agenda.
For more information read this article.
NOTE: a subscription to the Chronicle of Higher Education is required to access this article.
In a related story its author states that the USA Council on Bioethics has been for distorting scientific
information. The author believes that the Council distorted information to make their report more consistent with
the Bush administration's position, which is in opposition to stem cell research. The on-line critique is available
at:
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ENGINEERING EDUCATION AND GLOBAL AWARENESS CONFERENCE—SWITZERLAND
The International Global Awareness, Engineering Education Today conference will be held in
Fribourg, Switzerland from September 27th through October 1, 2004. This international meeting should be of
special interest to the Applied Engineering and Engineering Technology community. The meeting is hosted by
the well-respected University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland with the active participation of the
leadership of the ASEE, IEEE Education Society,
SEFI and IGIP.
For further details see the conference's website at:
http://cflwww.eng.temple.edu/engredu2004.
Important conference dates:
Abstracts are due: March 31.
Notification of Acceptance: April 30
Final Paper Submission: June 15
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ADMINISTRATIVE COMMMITTEE MEETING AT ASSE CONFERENCE IN UTAH
The Administrative Committee (AdCom) of the
Education Society will be holding meetings at the ASEE Conference
this June in Utah, USA. The AdCom will meet from 7-8:15am on Tuesday, June 21st and from 7-8:15am on
Wednesday, June 22nd. These meetings are quite interesting. The AdCom deals with all issues that
are critical to the operation of the Education Society. You should attend an AdCom meeting at least once!
Come and see how your Society operates. Who knows, you may want to become involved in one of the
many committees that are needed for the smooth operation of YOUR professional organization.
For more info about the AdCom click here.
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SOFTWARE ENGINEERING EDUCATION & TRAINING CONFERENCE—OTTAWA, CANADA
The Software Engineering Education and Training Conference will be held in Ottawa, Canada from April 18-20,
2005. The conference is entitled: "Assessment of Software Engineering Education: Are Educators Making the
Grade?"
This conference addresses the radical changes that the field of software engineering has undergone in the past three
decades.
To view ISEE&T 2005 conference information
click here.
View the ISEE&T Call For Papers
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ENCORE: ARE YOU A SENIOR MEMBER??
And why not? Many members do not understand the requirements for and benefits of becoming a Senior
Member. Contrary to popular opinion, a Nobel Prize in Physics, 40 years of experience, and a Ph.D. in Electrical
Engineering are not prerequisites for becoming a Senior Member! Senior Membership confers benefits not
only on the member but on his Section as well...
apply now! For details on becoming a Senior Member, visit the
IEEE Senior Member Program page.
(Connecticut IEEE Section's home page, 2003).
If you are interested in pursuing this, you should start in your local chapter or section, or contact people you 'know' from
conferences as you will need to have 3 references from IEEE members who know you personally.
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ENCORE: CALL FOR PAPERS: WEB-BASED INSTRUCTION
The IEEE Transactions on Education is soliciting manuscripts from academia, industry, government, or
other interested professionals that address state-of-the-art Web-based instruction practices, instructional tools,
programs, analysis and design techniques, assessment of learning methods, and other relevant issues that
are described in the Call For Papers.
For more details,
view the complete Call For Papers document
by clicking here
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ADMINISTRIVIA
This is a service of the IEEE Education Society. It will be published as the need for information dissemination arises.
Our expectation is that News & Notes will be published monthly to bi-monthly. However, if urgent information surfaces a bulletin with just that information will be sent out.
If you would like an item placed in News & Notes, send it to:
Rob Reilly, Editor (reilly@media.mit.edu).
Click here to view a list of the Education Society officers.
Click here to view a list of Administrative Committee (AdCom) members.
All issues of News & Notes are available on the EdSoc's web site just click here.
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