Project Probase: Design For Pre Engineering Education

Engineering education is confronting some significant pipeline challenges at the K-12 level in preparing students for university engineering education programs. These problems include a lack of engineering career awareness as part of the K-12 curricula, a disproportionate underrepresentation of females and minorities, a lack of a coherent vision of how students can best be prepared for and oriented to post-secondary engineering opportunities, and a lack of dialog between collegiate level engineering educators and K-12 educators regarding preparation for and opportunities in engineering.