Education: A crisis in electrical engineering manpower: A review of the problems facing U.S. industry as a result, and a strategy for corrective action

It is no longer an open question whether the shortage of electrical engineers in the United States is or is not a crisis. It is. Sooner or later every U.S. industry dependent upon electrical engineering will be affected ¿ and there are more such industries now than ever. Toy and automobile manufacturers, even textile and clothing companies, have discovered the value of electronics and computer-based systems in their products or manufacturing processes. Indeed, these new industries, previously unaffected by electrical engineering in any significant way, are the hidden factor that invalidates traditional market surveys of future needs for EEs. It is hard to predict the growing need for electronics specialists in sectors of the economy that never before employed many.