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Monograph

This issue contains seven papers concerned with research and education. Specific topics discussed are as follows: a transatlantic dual master’s degree program in transportation and logistics systems; an introductory transportation engineering course and general transportation engineering curriculum; summer education programs for minority students; workforce needs for high-speed rail; railroad industry needs from higher education; progressive longitudinal training in the public transit industry; and the U.S. Domestic Scan Program’s technology transfer model.

English

61p

2013

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

9780309263306

Print

Figures; Photos; References; Tables

Curricula; Education and training; Minorities; Research; Students; Technology transfer; Transportation careers; Transportation engineering; Workforce

Domestic Scan Program

Administration and Management; Education and Training; Highways; Policy; Public Transportation; Railroads; I10: Economics and Administration

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Jul 29 2013 12:43PM

• Assessment of Introductory Transportation Engineering Course and General Transportation Engineering Curriculum
• Culture of Progressive Longitudinal Training in the Public Transit Industry: A Contemporary Model
• Estimating Workforce Needs for High-Speed Rail in California and the United States
• Evaluating Impacts of the U.S. Domestic Scan Program's Technology Transfer Model
• Exposing Minority Students to Careers in Transportation and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics: Summer Education Programs
• Transatlantic Dual Masters Degree Program in Transportation and Logistics Systems: First 2 Years of Implementation
• What the Railroad Industry Needs and Expects from Higher Education: Meeting the Needs