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31 Jan 08
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At the turn of the last century, President Woodrow Wilson wrote, "What is a technical education? It is one that condemns all but the extraordinary individual to a minor part in life, to a part not of command or direction but of specific performance."
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The historical bifurcation of technical and liberal education has resulted in technological "advances" that have not always been in the long-term best interest of society.
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The social sciences and the humanities must assume parity with mathematics and the sciences in the preparation of well-educated engineers.
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Let us engage our students in the great debates that define our times; debates, such as the sustainable and equitable utilization of resources and global security, that, by their very nature include a fundamental understanding of technology and human nature.
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Engineers are no longer necessarily relegated to a narrowly focused vocational education but can aspire to "the greatest enterprise of the mind."
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Domenico Grasso is Rosemary Bradford Hewlett Professor and Director ofthe Picker Engineering Program at Smith College.
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