Overview:
At the SME Annual Meeting in Bellevue, WA, June 5, 2011 there was a meeting to discuss and rank the recommendations in the C2015. This occurred in two separate sessions, the votes for each in the first and second are shown in parentheses as (first+second). The group in the first session also provided recommendations to remove/rewrite/combine various recommendations (XLSX). The recommendations with more than 5 votes are marked with an asterisk. During the event there was some discussion of the recommendations. Given the diversity of contributors some of the recommendations appear to be repetitious. A number of the recommendations are written from perspectives that are not clear to all. In other cases some of the recommendations were identified as 'obvious' to particular attendees. Additional surveys will be used to prioritize the recommendations. This will also capture respondent demographics, such as industry/academic/region/technologies/etc, to assess representation and perspectives.
The recommendations that received 5 or more votes are listed in order:
** (1+13) 4. The SME Education Foundation should include program funding 4
** (1+9) 2. Communicate that Manufacturing is essential for all disciplines 5
** (3+7) 6. Non-manufacturing programs should include manufacturing content 72
** (3+7) 5. Create education-industry consortia for global competitiveness 37
* (1+8) 8. Industry must support educators who want to teach new technologies 104
* (1+8) 1. Communicate that Manufacturing is the largest economic catalyst 4
* (0+8) 14. Support the K-12 teachers doing Manufacturing related education 99
* (2+6) 11. Provide activities to attract K-12 students to study technical subjects 95
* (2+5) 9. Continue developing online education and similar innovations 107
* (0+7) 9. Invite industry to participate in the academic processes 81
* (0+7) 12. The SME should broker relationships between industry and academics 92
* (2+5) 16. Industry needs to tell educators what they value 103
* (1+6) 5. Send the message that Manufacturing Engineers design products 9
* (6+0) 1. Hold round table discussions between educators and industry 6
* (0+6) 13. Also support career pathways that do not include college 98
* (2+4) 7. Encourage the use of the Four Pillars for curriculum design 69
* (0+6) 4. Develop more consistent manufacturing education curriculum 64
* (3+2) 14. Use teaching methods that engage students 101
* (1+4) 1. Develop industry relationships for continuous improvement 13
The Raw Results:
Recommendations: Curriculum Revision and Development
* (6+0) 1. Hold round table discussions between educators and industry 6
(1+2) 2. Enhance Graduate Manufacturing education leadership 16
(0+3) 3. Include large, medium, and small companies in education planning 20
(1+2) 4. Identify and teach new technologies 35
** (3+7) 5. Create education-industry consortia for global competitiveness 37
(2+0) 6. Develop the Four Pillars structure and content 69
* (2+4) 7. Encourage the use of the Four Pillars for curriculum design 69
(1+0) 8. Augment traditional required courses with Manufacturing 72
(0+4) 9. Create programs, options, and courses for new technologies 74
(0+0) 10. Incorporate topics and courses that support global manufacturing 75
(1+0) 11. Address the current demand for Lean Manufacturing 78
(0+0) 12. Accept that curricula change is a zero sum game 84
(0+3) 13. Educators should address the industry problems of today 90
* (3+2) 14. Use teaching methods that engage students 101
(0+1) 15. Encourage educators to teach workplace skills 104
(2+1) 16. Manufacturing Engineering needs a systems approach 114
Recommendations: Faculty Development
* (1+4) 1. Develop industry relationships for continuous improvement 13
(0+1) 2. Appoint Fire Keepers for the history of Manufacturing Education 25
(1+3) 3. Develop stronger ties between research and the classroom 48
(0+2) 4. Industry needs to reach out to academic researchers 50
(0+3) 5. The scholarship of corporate research projects should be recognized 50
(0+0) 6. Remember the history of manufacturing education 67
(0+3) 7. Educators need incentives to create critical teaching materials 70
(0+3) 8. Work with other disciplines to build service courses for manufacturing 72
* (0+7) 9. Invite industry to participate in the academic processes 81
(0+4) 10. Provide faculty with employment incentives to work with industry 88
(0+0) 11. Industry must manage the education supply chain 89
* (0+7) 12. The SME should broker relationships between industry and academics 92
(1+0) 13. Get academia involved in industry education programs. 93
* (0+8) 14. Support the K-12 teachers doing Manufacturing related education 99
(0+1) 15. Continuous improvement of teaching is vital for student interest 103
* (2+5) 16. Industry needs to tell educators what they value 103
Recommendations: Reaching Out to Other Disciplines and Employees
* (1+8) 1. Communicate that Manufacturing is the largest economic catalyst 4
** (1+9) 2. Communicate that Manufacturing is essential for all disciplines 5
(0+0) 3. Create win-win opportunities and activities 19
(2+0) 4. Develop certification plans for degreed manufacturing professionals 40
(1+3) 5. Use certifications to empower employees and careers 44
** (3+7) 6. Non-manufacturing programs should include manufacturing content 72
(1+2) 7. Encourage students to pursue global travels and projects 76
(2+2) 8. Faculty must promote manufacturing knowledge in other programs 93
* (2+5) 9. Continue developing online education and similar innovations 107
Recommendations: Financial
(1+3) 1. Political education priorities need to be discussed publicly 2
(0+0) 2. Examine the education funding allocation and use it to lobby for more 4
(1+2) 3. Metrics should be used for assessment and strategic funding 4
** (1+13) 4. The SME Education Foundation should include program funding 4
(1+0) 5. Make programs relevant to industry to encourage more funding 5
(1+2) 6. Money is the limiting factor for expansion and relevancy of education 6
(1+2) 7. Use the Four Pillars in funding and activity planning 68
* (1+8) 8. Industry must support educators who want to teach new technologies 104
Recommendations: Pipeline
(0+1) 1. Scholarships are needed to attract students 3
(0+3) 2. Be Guides on the path to Manufacturing careers 6
(0+4) 3. Good news! Share the stories of success and growth 8
(0+1) 4. Develop a press for manufacturing and education 8
* (1+6) 5. Send the message that Manufacturing Engineers design products 9
(0+4) 6. Develop a simple image of Manufacturing for the public 10
(0+3) 7. Appealing! Attracting! Engaging! Enabling! Joining! 11
(1+1) 8. Give motivation and support for students already in manufacturing 11
(0+2) 9. Build confidence and promote an understanding of economics 20
(0+2) 10. Industries should preferentially hire manufacturing graduates 51
* (2+6) 11. Provide activities to attract K-12 students to study technical subjects 95
(0+1) 12. Reverse the loss technical programs in the K-12 system 97
* (0+6) 13. Also support career pathways that do not include college 98
Recommendations: Education Standards
(2+2) 1. Charge the SME Center for Education with the role of coordinator 1
(0+3) 2. Improve industry-academic cooperation with curriculum standards 13
(0+0) 3. Help ABET and ATMAE support Manufacturing education 54
* (0+6) 4. Develop more consistent manufacturing education curriculum 64
(0+1) 5. Textbooks should be developed for manufacturing curricula 67
(3+0) 6. Find champions for the topics within the Four Pillars 69
(1+0) 7. Educators in specialties need to coordinate curriculum 70
(0+2) 8. Use the Four Pillars for employee education mapping 73