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PERSPECTIVE ON ENGINEERING MANPOWER
PERSPECTIVE ON ENGINEERING MANPOWER
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They are known as the Educational Affairs Council, the International Affairs Council, the Public Affairs Council, and the Engineering Affairs Council. The Educational Affairs Council is concerned with such things as guidance for young people who are interested in studying engineering, continuing education for experienced engineers, engineering and technical education, and maintaining liaison between the engineering societies and the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)
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is part of the Engineering Affairs Council. EPIC monitors legislation affecting engineering in every state of the United States and alerts subscribers with pertinent information concerning this legislation.
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This represents a 2l percent increase over l978, when the aerospace enrollment was 7949 students. So, we might say that things are looking up Ln aerospace engineering enrollment.
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Taking a look at aerospace engineering degrees shown in Figure 4, we find that in l979 there were ll45 degrees awarded. Although this represents a l7 percent increase over the number of aerospace engineering degrees awarded in l978, it represents only 86 percent of the total number of degrees awarded in l973.
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Figure 7 shows that Blacks made up 6 percent of the total freshman enrollment in engineering. Their total enrollment of 6339 represented a l5 percent increase over l978 and a l97 percent increase over l973, which indicates good progress but it does not quite come up to the progress made by women.
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Aerospace graduates received starting salaries of $l655 at the bachelors level, which is somewhat below electrical and chemical, but higher than computer and civil. The average starting saiary for all disciplines as reported in the Engineering Manpower Commission Placement Survey is $l720 a month.
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60 50 40 BS 30 20 10 MS PhD 72 74 76 YEAR FIGURE 3 Engineering Degrees 78 80 5l
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2000 1800 1600 -- 1400 -- 1200 -- 1000 -- 800 -- 600 -- 400 -- 200 72 74 78 76 YEAR FIGURE 4 Aerospace Engineering Degrees 80 52
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% 3 -- PhD 72 FIGURE 5 Aerospace Engineering Degrees as a Percent of Total Degrees Awarded 53
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16 12 FRESHMEN % 8 72 74 76 YEAR 78 80 FIGURE 6 Participation of Women in Engineering 54
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16 12 % 8 FRESHMEN BS DEGREES 72 74 76 YEAR 78 FIGURE 7 Participation of Blacks in Engineering 80 55
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4 i -- % 2 FRESHMEN BS DEGREES 72 74 76 YEAR 78 80 FIGURE 8 Participation of Hispanics in Engineering 56
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6, -- % 3 -- FIGURE 9 Aerospace Engineering -- Participation of Women and Minorities by Percent of B.S. Degrees Awarded 57
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2400 2200 2000 1800 eg oc 01600 Q i 3 1400 1200 1000 800 600 400 PhD ENGINEERING GRADUATES MS ENGINEERING FIGURE l3 Average Monthly Starting Salaries 6l
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EMPLOYMENT, _ THOUSANDS 1100 1050 3.0 2.0 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, % 78 FIGURE l6 Engineering Employment and Unemployment 79 64
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