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A Whole New Engineer
founders had aspirations to overhaul the college’s engineering education to better meet the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century. Though opposite in many ways, the schools agreed on the necessary components for educational reform and fashioned an unlikely partnership. Along the way, both institutions discovered that the key to reform wasn’t financial, curricular, or research-based, but deeply cultural and emotional. Indeed, four of their five pillars of educational transformation are joy, trust, courage, and openness. The fifth pillar is more of a concept: connectedness and collaboration between individuals and the school as a community. They’re all described in detail in the book, along with a new engineering theory focused on engaging the six minds or multiple intelligences. Also included are strategies from Olin and iFoundry on how to better shape current educational experiences and motivate students. Their proven approaches can be used as a guide for other institutions looking to do the same. -Gillian Bennett
by the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering to high school recruits was a card that read “7 Reasons You Should Apply to an Engineering College That Doesn’t Exist.” Reason number one: free tuition. This inauspicious beginning was the start of a new method of engineering education, one that saw students turning down offers from Harvard, MIT, and Stanford to attend the revolutionary new college. A Whole New Engineer tracks the story of the college and another pioneering institution, the iFoundry incubator at the University of Illinois College of Engineering. It’s a fascinating read for leaders, educators, or anyone who has studied engineering. In 1997, the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering started up with a blank slate and a large budget, offering not only free tuition and world-class professors, but the promise of student and faculty collaboration. The iFoundry, on the other hand, was an unfunded pilot program founded in 2008 and operating on a shoestring budget. Its
By David E. Goldberg and Mark Somerville with Catherine Whitney 264 Pages US $27.95 ThreeJoy Associates Inc.
Back when it was still just a concept, one of the first marketing pieces sent
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