Getting the Numbers Right: International Engineering Education in the United States, China, and India

January 30, 2008

Gary Gereffi | Ben Rissing | Vivek Wadhwa | Ryan Ong

This article challenges the commonly cited statistics for engineering graduates in the United States, China, and India. The authors argue that the key issue in engineering education should be the quality of graduates, not just the quantity. It was published in the Journal of Engineering Education (2008), Vol. 97, No. 1, pp. 13-25.