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 Ingredient #7: Recruitment of
Good Students
Inasmuch as an International Engineering Program
cannot exist without a critical mass of students, and
since the concept of bilingual American engineers is
still relatively new, it cannot be assumed that large
numbers of students will enroll in the IEP without
active encouragement. The IEP, therefore, relies on
an active advertising, promotion, and recruitment
program. Mailings consisting of letters and brochures
go out to high school students, to teachers, and to
faculty. A high school outreach team, made up of
current students and faculty, makes annual visits to
high schools in the Rhode Island area. Newspaper
advertisements, journal advertisements, and even
radio ads are a part of the annual cycle. In the same
spirit, a great deal of effort has been put into the
IEP Web site, of which this page is one part. It is
the strong opinion of the URI faculty involved in
this program that the IEP cannot be taken for
granted, and that recruitment will be ongoing for
years to come.
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