Guide to the North Carolina State University American Society for Engineering Education Sub-Group, 1959 - 1972

Collection Number UA 105.004

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Collection Information
Abstract:

Includes correspondence, reports, and grant proposals relating to the American Society for Engineering Education, primarily from the 1960s. Topics include research proposals, self studies, engineering education material, and professional development.

Contact Information:
Processed by
Russell S. Koonts; Hermann J. Trojanowski
Date Completed
July, 2000; May, 2002
Encoded by
Katherine M. Wisser

Descriptive Summary

Creator

North Carolina State University. College of Engineering

Title

North Carolina State University American Society for Engineering Education Records, 1959 - 1972

Call Number

UA 105.004

Extent

6 archival boxes , 3 linear feet

Location

For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Special Collections Research Center Reference Staff.

Information for Users

Restrictions to Access

This collection is open to research.
Acquisitions Information

Transferred from the College of Engineering
Preferred Citation

[Identification of Item], College of Engineering American Society for Engineering Education Sub-Group, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, North Carolina.
Copyright Notice

North Carolina State University owns copyright to this collection. Individuals obtaining materials from the NCSU Libraries' Special Collections Research Center are responsible for using the works in conformance with United States copyright law as well as any donor restrictions accompanying the materials.

Historical Note


The American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) is a non-profit organization of companies, individuals, and institutions whose purpose is to advance engineering education and its allied branches of science and technology, including the processes of counseling, extension services, learning, public relations, research and teaching.

ASEE's predecessor was the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education (SPEE). SPEE was founded in 1893 to regulate the training of engineers. In 1946, SPEE was reorganized as the American Society for Engineering Educaiton (ASEE).

Scope and Content Note


These records, which span the years from 1959 to 1972, contain correspondence, grant proposals and reports relating to the American Society for Engineering Education. Topics include engineering education material, projects, professional development, research projects, and self-studies.

Organization of Collection


Sub-group is organized into three series: Faculty in Residencies in Engineering Practice: ASEE-Ford Foundation, Goals in Engineering Education, and Projects Operating Unit.

Online Catalog Headings

  • North Carolina State University. College of Engineering

Related Material

College of Engineering Record Group

Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Faculty in Residencies in Engineering Practice: ASEE-Ford Foundation, 1967 - 1972


    .5 archival boxes, .25 linear feet
    • Proposal, 1967 [UA 105.004 Box 1, Folder1]
    • Correspondence, 1967 [UA 105.004 Box 1, Folder2]
    • Correspondence, 1968 - 1972 [UA 105.004 Box 1, Folder3]

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  • Goals in Engineering Education, 1963 - 1969


    4 archival boxes, 2 linear feet
    • Graduate Studies Division
      • 1966 - 1967 [UA 105.004 Box 1, Folder4]
    • Information Documents
      • Numbers 1 - 8, 1963 - 1966 [UA 105.004 Box 1, Folder5]
      • Correspondence, 1963 - 1968 [UA 105.004 Box 1, Folder6]
    • Miscellaneous
      • 1959 - 1966, n.d. [UA 105.004 Box 1, Folder7]
    • News Releases
      • 1966 - 1967 [UA 105.004 Box 2, Folder1]
    • Newsletters
      • 1965 - 1968 [UA 105.004 Box 2, Folder2]
      • Correspondence, 1966 - 1967 [UA 105.004 Box 2, Folder2]
    • Project Staff
      • Meetings, 1963 - 1966 [UA 105.004 Box 2, Folder3]
    • Reports
      • "Assessment of the Goals of Engineering Education in the United States", 1966 [UA 105.004 Box 2, Folder4]
      • "Conclusions Concerning Goals of Undergraduate Engineering Education", 1964 [UA 105.004 Box 2, Folder5]
      • "Education in Industry", 1965 [UA 105.004 Box 2, Folder6]
      • "Trends in Engineering and Engineering Education", 1970 [UA 105.004 Box 2, Folder7]
      • "Preliminary", 1965 [UA 105.004 Box 2, Folder8]
      • "Preliminary", Correspondence, 1965 [UA 105.004 Box 2, Folder9]
      • "Preliminary", Correspondence, 1966 [UA 105.004 Box 3, Folder1]
      • "Preliminary", Recommendations, 1965 [UA 105.004 Box 3, Folder2]
      • "Interim", 1967 [UA 105.004 Box 3, Folder3]
      • "Interim", Correspondence, 1966 - 1967 [UA 105.004 Box 3, Folder4]
      • "Final", 1968 [UA 105.004 Box 3, Folder5]
      • "Final", Correspondence, 1968 - 1969 [UA 105.004 Box 3, Folder6]
      • "NC State Institutional, Goals of Engineering Education, General Goals of Engineering Education and Graduate Education", 1965 [UA 105.004 Box 3, Folder7]
      • "NC State Institutional, Goals of Engineering Education, General Goals of Engineering Education and Undergraduate Education", 1964 [UA 105.004 Box 3, Folder8]
      • "NC State Institutional, Goals of Engineering Education, General Goals of Engineering Education and Undergraduate Education (Supplemnt to Information Document no. 3)", 1965 [UA 105.004 Box 3, Folder7]
      • "NC State Institutional, Preliminary Report covering factual data requested in those questions marked with an asterisk", n.d. [UA 105.004 Box 3, Folder7]
      • "NC State Institutional", Correspondence, 1963 - 1968 [UA 105.004 Box 3, Folder7]
    • Surveys
      • n.d. [UA 105.004 Box 4, Folder1]
      • Industry-Government, 1963 - 1965 [UA 105.004 Box 4, Folder2]
      • Industry-Government, Form and Response Tabulation, 1964 - 1965 [UA 105.004 Box 4, Folder3]
    • Undergraduate Studies Division
      • 1963 [UA 105.004 Box 4, Folder4]
      • 1964 [UA 105.004 Box 4, Folder5]
      • 1965 [UA 105.004 Box 4, Folder6]
      • 1966 -1967 [UA 105.004 Box 5, Folder1]
      • Article Abstracts, 1-9, 12-15, 21-26, 28, 1963 - 1964 [UA 105.004 Box 5, Folder2]
      • Institutional Study Committee Report Abstracts, 1-76, 1964 - 1965 [UA 105.004 Box 5, Folder3]
      • Institutional Study Committee Report Abstracts, 77-152, 1964 - 1965 [UA 105.004 Box 5, Folder4]
      • Professional Society Study Committee Abstracts, 1-4, 1964 [UA 105.004 Box 5, Folder5]

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  • Projects Operating Unit, 1965 - 1970


    1.5 archival boxes, .75 linear feet
    • Executive Board Meetings
      • Agenda and Minutes, 1965 - 1968 [UA 105.004 Box 5, Folder6]
    • Projects, Proposals and Reports
      • 1965 - 1966 [UA 105.004 Box 5, Folder7]
      • 1967 [UA 105.004 Box 6, Folder1]
      • 1968 [UA 105.004 Box 6, Folder2]
      • Exchange Mission to the Soviety Union, 1968 - 1970 [UA 105.004 Box 6, Folder3]

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