Educating Engineers: Preparing 21st Century Leaders in the Context of New Modes of Learning: Summary of a Forum

The National Academy of Engineering’s 2012 forum, Educating Engineers: Preparing 21st Century Leaders in the Context of New Modes of Learning, opened with presentations by six speakers who looked at the future of engineering and engineering education from their perspectives as educators, administrators, entrepreneurs, and innovators. Each speaker focused on just one facet of a tremendously complex picture. Yet together they outlined a new vision for engineering education based on flexible, interactive, lifelong learning and the merge of activities long held to be distinct. This summary of a forum recaps the six speaker’s presentations.