Title :
Assessing experiences of international students in Haiti and Benin
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN, USA
Abstract :
This article presents an assessment of a series of international educational initiatives that have been pursued over the past decade in the arena of development and management of groundwater resources in Haiti and Benin. Projects pursued ranged from short-term service efforts to long-term research efforts. These initiatives are compared in terms of project objectives relative to U.S. undergraduates, U.S. graduate students, in-country partners, and local populations in the project country.
Keywords :
engineering education; social sciences; Benin; Haiti; engineering students; groundwater resources management; international students; project objectives; Bridges; Drilling; Electrical capacitance tomography; Employment; Engineering education; Resource management; Seminars; Timing;
Journal_Title :
Technology and Society Magazine, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MTS.2009.934997