Friday, January 12, 2018

Are Colleges Teaching the Subjects Needed for Today's Engineering and Technology?

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One of the topics I keep coming back to is my concern that the colleges and universities are not teaching the right subjects to prepare ...
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Thursday, March 16, 2017

The Problem with Textbooks

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Textbooks have become a problem over the  years.  The books themselves are better than ever,  as they are up to date, in full color, and hav...
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Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Math Still a Problem

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In response to my recent ETD Listserv survey, Philip Regalbuto of Trident Technical College sent me this note.  He is right about math affec...
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Saturday, March 11, 2017

The #1 Problem for 2-Year Electonic Programs

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I don't have to tell you what it is.  We all know it and  yet little is being done to solve it.  I am referring to lack  of new enrollme...
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Saturday, March 04, 2017

The Coding School Model

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Many electronic technician jobs do not require an AAS degree.  But these jobs do require certain knowledge and skills that can be taught in ...
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2017 Survey of 2-Year Electronic Technology Programs

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In case you did not see this earlier, here are the results of the recent survey of 2-year electronic technology programs.   Thanks to al...
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Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Change Your Textbook

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The fastest, easiest and best way to update a course is to change your textbook.  I'm not kidding.  I have done this myself several time...
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Monday, February 03, 2014

A Communications Course is NOT an Elective

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I am updating my McGraw Hill textbook Principles of Electronic Communication Systems.   The 3rd edition was published in 2008 but a great de...
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