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New Directions in Engineering Excellence

Redefining Engineering for the Future

The New Directions in Engineering Excellence series is a collection of practical resources for educators derived from academic research and designed for use in encouraging student awareness of engineering careers, promoting student retention in academic programs, and advancing students' personal and academic success. Companion products include booklets, slide presentations, and videos.

Career Awareness
Retention
Advancement

Videos, slides, and booklets are available for each topic.

The examples and proven methods presented throughout the series are relevant at every point in a student's career. As a result, the Engineering Excellence series provides valuable tools to support teachers, educators, administrators, and mentors who offer guidance to young women, of all ethnicities and irrespective of disability status, along their paths to fulfilling careers.

New Directions in Engineering Excellence takes advantage of today's multimedia options to allow easy access to the level of detail and type of information different audiences will need about engineering education.

Teachers and Faculty

The Engineering Excellence series was designed with teachers and faculty in mind. The booklets, videos, and slide presentations emphasize evidence-based research on best practices in engineering education. A thorough resource list and bold design elements offer options to drill into dense academic research or to review quick overviews.

Informal Educators

For outreach visitors who speak in classrooms to human resources and training professionals, as well as to non-profit youth organizers and volunteer mentors, the Engineering Excellence series includes booklets that feature quick-read tips and case studies, videos that present first-person narratives, and slide presentations that supply summary content to improve educational efforts outside the traditional classroom.

Administrators

Program administrators looking to meet career awareness, retention, and academic-success goals will also find the materials useful. The Works Cited lists in the booklets direct experts to more detailed research. Videos and slide presentations are designed to complement the content in each booklet and to be ready-to-use with audiences of teachers, faculty, outreach visitors, and mentors.