Phoenix Education Panel: Keeping Aerospace Engineers Current Programs in Advanced Education at P I B

The continued growth of technological industries, especially the aerospace and electronics industries, is ever dependent upon engineers and managers with creative abilities. Today, when industrial progress and the very security of our nation depend on the ability to widen the frontiers of knowledge, a strong effort must be exerted by schools to organize new educational programs to bridge the gap between research and applications. The Polytechnic has pioneered in many aspects of advanced education. Its School of Graduate Studies is one of the largest in the country. Over 3,000 graduate students attend its programs offered at the Brooklyn Campus and at the Graduate Center in Farmingdale. The Graduate Center was established in 1961 and provides unique opportunities for advanced space-age education. It is located in the heart of the aerospace and electronics industries of Long Island and its programs are attended by 1200 students. The need to experiment with specialized programs for updating professional engineers led to the creation of the Office of Continuing Professional Studies. Through this office, the Polytechnic makes available a wide variety of accelerated programs to assist industrial personnel. The stress on engineering doctoral studies has resulted in a cooperative program between the Polytechnic and the General Electric Company which incorporates many unique features. The program is experimental and represents a real attempt to solve the problem of earning advanced degrees within a reasonable period of time in several branches of modern engineering.