The road from freshman composition to international manufacturing, student´s story

Author

Case, Thomas

Author_Institution

Coll. of Appl. Sci., Cincinnati Univ., OH, USA

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

305

Lastpage

308

Abstract

In 1987, the ideas of the North Atlantic Free Trade Area (NAFTA) were formed into a set of international laws that now shape the future of US manufacturing. This shape does not look promising for those seeking technical careers in domestic production. For engineering students, communication and language skills are now as important as advanced math and physics. Educators and employers agree that, apart from technical skills, an engineer´s communication abilities determine career success. With domestic assembly and manufacturing on the endangered species list, students and faculty must strive to bridge the gaps in education to include internationally-oriented communication curricula

Keywords

educational courses; engineering education; international trade; legislation; manufacture; production; professional communication; NAFTA; North Atlantic Free Trade Area; USA; assembly; career success; communication skills; domestic production; education; engineering students; engineers; freshman composition; international laws; international manufacturing; internationally-oriented communication curricula; language skills; student´s story; technical careers; technical skills; Assembly; Bridges; Educational institutions; Engineering profession; Engineering students; Helicopters; Manufacturing; Military aircraft; Production; Proposals;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Professional Communication Conference, 1999. IPCC 99. Communication Jazz: Improvising the New International Communication Culture. Proceedings. 1999 IEEE International

Conference_Location

New Orleans, LA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5709-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IPCC.1999.799140

Filename

799140