ua105_004 Guide to the North Carolina State University, American Society for Engineering Education Records, 1959 - 1972 UA 105.004 Finding aid prepared by Processed by: Russell S. Koonts and Hermann J. Torjanowski; machine-readable finding aid created by: Katherine M. Wisser Special Collections Research Center 2001

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 This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2011-10-31T08:37-0400 Finding aid written in English North Carolina State University American Society for Engineering Education Records UA 105.004 Special Collections Research Center 3.0 Linear feet 1959 - 1972 Includes correspondence, reports, and grant proposals relating to the American Society for Engineering Education, primarily from the 1960s. Topics include research proposals, self studies, engineering education material, and professional development. For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Special Collections Research Center Reference Staff. 6 archival boxes North Carolina State University. College of Engineering. Restrictions to Access

This collection is open to research; access requires at least 24 hours advance notice.

 Acquisitions Information

Transferred from the College of Engineering

 Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], College of Engineering American Society for Engineering Education Records, UA 105.004, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, North Carolina.

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 Historical Note

The American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) is a non-profit organization of companies, individuals, and institutions whose purpose is to advance engineering education and its allied branches of science and technology, including the processes of counseling, extension services, learning, public relations, research and teaching.

ASEE's predecessor was the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education (SPEE). SPEE was founded in 1893 to regulate the training of engineers. In 1946, SPEE was reorganized as the American Society for Engineering Educaiton (ASEE).

 Scope and Content Note

These records, which span the years from 1959 to 1972, contain correspondence, grant proposals and reports relating to the American Society for Engineering Education. Topics include engineering education material, projects, professional development, research projects, and self-studies.

 Organization of Collection

Subgroup is organized into three series: Faculty in Residencies in Engineering Practice: ASEE-Ford Foundation, Goals in Engineering Education, and Projects Operating Unit.

 Related Material College of Engineering Record Group (UA 105) Faculty in Residencies in Engineering Practice: ASEE-Ford Foundation 1967 - 1972 .5 archival boxes, .25 linear feet Proposal 1 1 1967 Correspondence 1 2 1967 Correspondence 1 3 1968 - 1972 Goals in Engineering Education 1963 - 1969 4 archival boxes, 2 linear feet Graduate Studies Division 1 4 1966 - 1967 Information Documents Numbers 1 - 8 1 5 1963 - 1966 Correspondence 1 6 1963 - 1968 Miscellaneous 1 7 1959 - 1966, undated News Releases 2 1 1966 - 1967 Newsletters 2 2 1965 - 1968 Correspondence 2 2 1966 - 1967 Project Staff Meetings 2 3 1963 - 1966 Reports Assessment of the Goals of Engineering Education in the United States 2 4 1966 Conclusions Concerning Goals of Undergraduate Engineering Education 2 5 1964 Education in Industry 2 6 1965 Trends in Engineering and Engineering Education 2 7 1970 Preliminary 2 8 1965 Preliminary, Correspondence 2 9 1965 Preliminary, Correspondence 3 1 1966 Preliminary, Recommendations 3 2 1965 Interim 3 3 1967 Interim, Correspondence 3 4 1966 - 1967 Final 3 5 1968 Final, Correspondence 3 6 1968 - 1969 NC State Institutional, Goals of Engineering Education, General Goals of Engineering Education and Graduate Education 3 7 1965 NC State Institutional, Goals of Engineering Education, General Goals of Engineering Education and Undergraduate Education 3 8 1964 NC State Institutional, Goals of Engineering Education, General Goals of Engineering Education and Undergraduate Education (Supplemnt to Information Document no. 3) 3 7 1965 NC State Institutional, Preliminary Report covering factual data requested in those questions marked with an asterisk, n.d. 3 7 NC State Institutional, Correspondence 3 7 1963 - 1968 Surveys n.d. 4 1 Industry-Government 4 2 1963 - 1965 Industry-Government, Form and Response Tabulation 4 3 1964 - 1965 Undergraduate Studies Division 4 4 1963 4 5 1964 4 6 1965 5 1 1966 -1967 Article Abstracts, 1-9, 12-15, 21-26, 28 5 2 1963 - 1964 Institutional Study Committee Report Abstracts, 1-76 5 3 1964 - 1965 Institutional Study Committee Report Abstracts, 77-152 5 4 1964 - 1965 Professional Society Study Committee Abstracts, 1-4 5 5 1964 Projects Operating Unit 1965 - 1970 1.5 archival boxes, .75 linear feet Executive Board Meetings Agenda and Minutes 5 6 1965 - 1968 Projects, Proposals and Reports 5 7 1965 - 1966 6 1 1967 6 2 1968 Exchange Mission to the Soviety Union 6 3 1968 - 1970