Engineering Retreat to Establish CASEE

The National Academy of Engineering hosted a reteat comprising 30 participants from industry, government and academia to discuss establishing an NAE Center for the Advancement of Scholarship in Engineering Education (CASEE). The retreat featured a keynote address by Dr. Lee Shulman of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching in Menlo Park, California. The participants discussed the importance of engineering education research on galvanizing change in how engineering is taught and practiced. Below are links to documents from the retreat.

Monday, January 28, 2002
7:45 am	Continental Breakfast and Coffee
8:15	Introductions of Attendees and Opening Remarks Bill Wulf, President, National Academy of Engineering Cindy Atman, Director, Center for Engineering Learning and Teaching, University of Washington,
9:00	Keynote Speaker Lee Shulman, President Carnegie Foundation
10:00	Break
10:15	Session I: Breakout Sessions Discuss: List of issues the NAE Education Center could address
11:15	Large Group Discussion on List of Issues
12:00 pm	Lunch withTalk: “State of Education Research in Engineering” Cindy Atman, University of Washington Richard Felder, North Carolina State University
1:00	Break
1:15	Session 2: Breakout Session Discuss: Possible organizational structures for NAE Education Center Possible profiles of NAE Education Center Fellows
2:30	Break
2:45	Large Group Discussion on Organizational Structures
3:45	Day One Wrap-Up, Assignment for Morning Discussions
4:00	Breakout rooms available for group discussions
6:00	Group dinner at local restaurant (optional)
Tuesday, January 29, 2002
7:45 am	Continental Breakfast and Coffee
8:15	Large Group Discussion on Skeptics Issues
9:15	Break
9:30	Session 3: Breakout Sessions to Develop Strategies to Address Skeptics Issues and Barriers, including Promotion and Tenure Issues
10:30	Break
10:45	Large Group Discussion on Strategies to Address Skeptics Issues
12:00	Final Wrap-Up
12:30	Adjourn