At least 90 percent of graduate respondents seeking professional employment or admission to graduate education programs will accept employment or be accepted in a graduate program within 6 months of graduation. None of the respondents report having attended graduate school. Criterion not met, but employment of graduates is improving. IEMS will continue to increase awareness of IE among potential employers by expanding the pool of senior project clients. IEMS recognizes that recruiting and marketing of students go hand in hand.
Larger programs provide larger pools of qualified applicants to companies.
Recent recruiting efforts intended to increase enrollment of qualified students will continue. Graduates are satisfied with their academic experience. All three respondents from the 92 through 94 classes are satisfied with their IEMS educational experience. Since the respondents completed their degrees, several changes have been instituted in the curriculum, particularly in the senior design sequence, to address communications, teamwork, and practical engineering skills. Further, IEMS will adopt a standard reference textbook for technical writing and presentations.