The Argument

The first school of civil engineering, the celebrated fcole des Ponts et Chaussees established in Paris in 1747, was the outgrowth of a training program for the members of the staff of the governmental bureau or corps of that name. Bridges and roads-those were practical, important, and necessary constructions that helped bring the crops to market to feed the hungry citizens of Paris, while also serving to expedite the movement of troops and royal couriers. The Report of the Goals study of the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE)1 contains a strong indorsement of the bridges and roads tradition of the engineer. That is, it holds that the brain worker who solves practical problems and get things done should attack the important problems and strive to supply genuine needs as did Jean Rodolphe Perronet, who founded the tcole des Ponts et Chaussees and thereby became the father of engineering education. Of first importance in the enterprise of learning to solve problems is the team of teacher and student and the personal relations between them. Who are they? Hopefully, a Mark Hopkins on one end of the log and a

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