He also rebuilt the minority engineering program in the college and established a resource center for minority engineering students. Under his leadership, the college made significant increases in the number of minorities and women on the faculty. Under contract with Ford Motor Company, Wayne State University also developed and offers an on-site engineering management master's program as a joint effort led by the College of Engineering with the School of Business. The system currently delivers interactive classes to engineers in the workplace via their personal computer. The college is also now offering distance learning via community television cable to the home throughout metropolitan Detroit.
Students have interaction with the instructor during class time using a touch tone telephone.
Dr. Beaufait is the author of many papers on engineering and engineering education, which have been published in professional journals. New York City Technical College of the City University of New York, located at 300 Jay Street in Brooklyn, has an enrollment of 11,500 students. Located at the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge adjacent to MetroTech Center and Renaissance Plaza, City Tech is also home to numerous communityand technical assistance programs. The City University of New York, the nation's leading urban university, comprises 11 senior colleges, six community colleges, a graduate school, a law school, a medical school and an affiliated school of medicine. Close to 200,000 degree-credit students and 150,000 adult and continuing education students are enrolled throughout the five boroughs of the City of New York.