Making engineers smart-and savvy [Education]

Pushed by an entrepreneurial alumnus, MIT is determined to retire the stereotype of the antisocial engineer. Come June, the Bernard M. Gordon-MIT Engineering Leadership Program will graduate its first class. The program is designed to give budding engineers skills that go beyond the technical-risk assessment, decision making, interpersonal relations, resourcefulness, and flexibility. Gordon, a successful inventor, made it all possible by donating US $20 million.