The committee passed motions recommending that the Board of Trustees approve these items. The College of Engineering's plan forecasts a 64 percent increase in enrollment by 2005, from 2,300 to 3,800 undergraduates and from 517 to 825 graduate students. Most of this is expected to come from growth in off-site students. And we aim to dramatically increase our enrollment through partnerships with the community colleges and with our University College. UT is working with the 10 largest community colleges to begin offering bachelor's programs in computer science and engineering technology at their campuses this fall.
Plans call for introducing mechanical and electrical engineering technology programs next year.
Students will take arts and sciences courses taught by community college faculty and transfer the credits to UT under existing articulation agreements. They also will take UT engineering lecture courses over the Internet and receive laboratory instruction from UT faculty at the community colleges. The program is designed to address the needs of place-bound students and head off a growing shortage of engineers in the state, Fournier said. There are working folks with families who have associate's degrees. They need a bachelor's to progress in their careers, but they can't come to Toledo to get the degree.