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 Ingredient #8: A Long-Term
Commitment
It may sound trite to say that international
engineering programs are not built overnight, and,
yet, as we now complete our twelfth year of program
building, there is still much work to be done. Though
the program is healthy, and though we now have French
and Spanish IEP's alongside the German program, there
is no assurance that the program would survive
without the extraordinary efforts of its key
advocates, its faculty and staff. We say this not to
discourage others, but only to emphasize that such
programs require a long-term commitment and a steady
and sustained effort. Each year, the IEP needs to be
sure that a new group of good students will be
joining the program, each year the faculty need to
work on retention rates, i.e., on motivating and
supporting students, and encouraging them to maintain
their own long-term perspectives. Each year, a new
group of interns needs to be placed with European
companies, each year scholarship funds need to be
generated, and so on.
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