US Nuclear Engineering Education: Status and prospects
This study, conducted under the auspices of the Energy Engineering Board of the National Research Council, examines the status of and outlook for nuclear engineering education in the United States. The study, as described in this report resulted from a widely felt concern about the downward trends in student enrollments in nuclear engineering, in both graduate and undergraduate programs. Concerns have also been expressed about the declining number of US university nuclear engineering departments and programs, the ageing of their faculties, the appropriateness of their curricula and research funding for industry and government needs, the availability of scholarships and research funding, and the increasing ratio of foreign to US graduate students. A fundamental issue is whether the supply of nuclear engineering graduates will be adequate for the future. Although such issues are more general, pertaining to all areas of US science and engineering education, they are especially acute for nuclear engineering education. 30 refs., 24 figs., 49 tabs.
- Research Organization:
- National Research Council, Washington, DC (USA). Committee on Nuclear Engineering Education
- Sponsoring Organization:
- ANS; DOE/ER; NAS/NAE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC01-88ER75425
- OSTI ID:
- 6889633
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/ER/75425-T1; ON: DE90017286
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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