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Title: TRANSPORTATION EDUCATION AND TRAINING--MEETING THE CHALLENGE
Accession Number: 00468164
Record Type: Monograph
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: The Transportation Research Board Committee on Transportation Education and Training organized a special conference on the needs and opportunities that face transportation education and training. The objectives of the conference were to: (1) define the skills and educational backgrounds needed by new transportation professionals at all levels to meet the challenges they will likely face during their careers--these challenges were to be viewed from the perspectives of transportation system employers, educators, and users; (2) review the education and training currently being offered by academic institutions, technical schools, continuing education programs, and in-house training programs, and assess their capability to meet evolving needs and propose changes required in these programs to meet evolving needs; and (3) recommend other concepts and actions that will enhance the continuing contributions of transportation education and training to the profession and to improvements in transportation. For 3 days conference participants deliberated on the major education and training issues facing the transportation profession. The first half of the conference focused on the numbers and types of transportation professionals desired by industry and government. Conference participants were assigned to one of five workshops in which the demand for transportation engineers, planners, transit operations personnel, technicians, and analysts for private sector firms was examined. After discussion of the demand characteristics for each type of transportation professional, the second half of the conference was devoted to an examination of the challenges faced by universities and training programs in supplying these types of transportation professionals. Special attention was given to the role of research, the development of curricula, and the importance of attracting women and minorities to the profession. This report contains the findings of this conference and the resource papers produced to stimulate discussion among conference participants.
Supplemental Notes: Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Pagination: 212 p.
Publication Date: 1985
Conference:
Conference on Surface Transportation Education and Training
Location:
Williamsburg Virginia, United States ISBN: 0-039-03914-2
Media Type: Digital/other
Features: Figures; References; Tables
TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Old TRIS Terms: Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Planning and Forecasting; Research; Transportation (General); I10: Economics and Administration
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Apr 30 1988 12:00AM
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