Sides Gird for Engineering License Battle: 30 Credits Over Degree
A recently approved educational change to be required for an engineering license in the U.S. won’t take effect until 2015, but the debate over its ramifications is already dividing practitioners and academicians across the country.
The National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying, which develops license exams administered by 55 boards across the U.S. and territories, last month voted to extend by 30 the number of extra credit-hours that B.S-degreed engineers must have before being allowed to take the test. The vote came at the council’s annual meeting, in Anchorage.