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Re: Engineering "Educator" Degree Programs

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Originally Posted by ebarker View Post
I working to justify creating a BS degree program. It closes a gap, by allowing STEM oriented high school students to take a direct engineering / education route to a BS and the classroom. It falls well short of an ABET accredited engineering degree.
I'm going to look at this from a purely economic POV for a moment: Is there enough demand for a course like this? How many new "shop" teachers does Georgia need every year? Does it make economic sense for a school to create a new degree path?

I think someone said, if there was enough demand there would be a MAT path for this certification. That would lead me to ask why isn't there one already? It is possible the demand just isn't there? I think you are driving this from the wrong end of the pipe. Increase demand, then work of supply.
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