Amazing..... I am actually teaching this semester. While I work for industry full time, I still teach as an adjunct professor at Austin Community College. It has been over a year since I have taught anything. With enrollments so low that it was tough to keep the full time faculty scheduled, there was no need for adjuncts.
What happened this semester was a very positive indicator. Enrollments have literally doubled from a year ago. After two years of relentless work by the ACC Electronics faculty, they finally succeeded in turning around the department. They did lots of high school recruiting, changed their department name, tweaked the curriculum, and started a new Electric Power Distribution program. With so many baby boom workers in electric utilitities retiring, there is a forthcoming nationwide shortage of those familiar with electric power. With some good promotion, the college filled all the available classes for this beginning program. It looks very promising. If your college has not looked into it, you should talk to your local electric utility about it.
Anyway, I have been gradually updating my class in Solid State Circuits. I am reducing the coverage of bipolar biasing and related dated circuits and increasing coverage of MOSFETs and their circuits. I am focusing more on IC amplifiers and less on discrete component designs. Furthermore I have added switching amplifiers which most schools never cover. The same with switching power supplies with make up over 80% of all supplies today. In any case, despite the fact that our Prentice Hall text does not cover any of this modern stuff, I am making our students get it so they will be aware of what is really being used. A good way to add this material is to use the online tutorials available at www.work-readyelectronics.org . I am using some of these and they are working great.
I hope all of you try to add new up to date material to your courses. A good practice is to pick out one new relevant technology, circuit, component, or applications not previously covered and add it each time you teach the class. In a few years, it will be much more current and relevant.
I hope all of your programs are picking up new enrollments. The tech turnaround is complete now and employment has enjoyed a brisk increase. There are plenty of tech jobs out there, now all we need are the students. The solution to your low enrollments is local action as ACC proved here.
Let me know if you are still experiencing low enrollments and why you think that is.
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