Undergraduate Educational Issues in SEC Engineering Schools Meeting
 
13–14 May 2002 in Nashville TN

Goals and Purposes

  • Establish a dialog among SEC engineering schools
  • Share our experience and concerns in three issues (diversity, foundation/first year, and information technology)
  • Identify important, common, unresolved issues
  • Identify specific collaborative efforts for resolving these issues and the “deliverables” resulting from these efforts (perhaps involving proposals for external funding)
  • Share our conclusions with our deans
  • Plan a follow-up meeting to report progress and to explore additional issues
  • Explore formats and sources of funding for future meetings

Tentative Agenda for the Planning Meeting

Monday, May 13
1:00 General meeting to summarize background, strategy, and goals
1:30 Initial plans for future meeting
2:00 Small group meetings

Tuesday, May 14
8:00 Small group meetings
11:30 Lunch
12:00 Reports from the small groups
1:30 Format, funding, and schedule for next meeting
2:30 Wrap-up

Premeeting Responsibilities

  • Review the material on the Web site
  • Meet with the other participants from your school and determine which small group each of you will join
  • Prepare the requested material for your group for your school

 

Contacts

General information: Russ Pimmel 703.292.4642 or David Cordes 205.292.1671.
Facilities: Art Overholser 615.343.3773
Diversity group: Jed Lyons 803.777.9552
Foundation/First-year Group: Chuck Karr 205.248.0066
Information Technology Group: Nels Madsen 334.844.2866