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ERIC Number: EJ301923
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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Reader Comment: Is a Doctorate Necessary to Teach Undergraduate Engineering Courses?
Wiggins, Edwin G.
Engineering Education, v74 n8 p736-37 May 1984
Discusses some of the reasons in favor of hiring non-Ph.D's to teach undergraduate engineering courses. Also presents results of a survey at the United States Merchant Marine Academy to determine student opinions on the importance of a doctorate to teaching. Results indicate non-Ph.D's earned a higher rating. (BC)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Doctoral Degrees, Engineering Education, Higher Education, Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Effectiveness, Undergraduate Study
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners; Administrators
Language: English
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