Test Drive Terminology

Recall, from the Preface, the discussion of the ASCE-led effort to reform the education and pre-licensure experience of U.S. dvil engineers. This is a major change program. Let s use one aspect of that reform initiative as an example of what can happen if words are not carefully chosen. 

In October 1998 the ASCE Board of Direction adopted Pohcy Statement 465, which began as follows The ASCE supports the concept of the master s degree as the First Professional Degree (FPD) for the practice of dvil engineering at the professional level (ASCE 2004). The intent was to gradually move toward a vision of more formal education for tomorrow s U.S. civil engineers. Unfortunately, the wording was 

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