Start Date
4-1968 8:00 AM
Description
The University of Florida has run a major graduate program in Engineering using microwave television for several years now (ref. 1). Initially called GENESYS, our system has presented 350 courses over seven semesters and two quarters. Student enrollment is in the order of 600, all taking graduate courses in engineering. Recently this TV system was given a broader scope and renamed SUNSTAR (State UNiversity .System for Television And R.adio) . Professional offerings other than engineering are envisioned and participation by other state universities will be possible. This expansion is to be welcomed and even further expansion to regional or national university systems may be possible in the more distant future. Our GENESYS network has already demonstrated an experimental lecture tie with Huntsville, Alabama.
The promise and problems of advanced media instruction are many. To scale the magnitude of the educational requirements in the coming days, I refer to some of the projections. Engineering Ph.D. production in the United States is increasing at a rate of 12% per annum (ref. 2). The Master Degree output also increases at a rate of 11%, projecting to the conclusion that by 1990 every engineer will hold a Master f s Degree (ref.3). Other new degrees are being more widely used, such as the Engineer degree and the Doctor of Engineering, which may, in time, be more utilized than some present degrees. The problem of employed students obtaining graduate instruction, including the all important graduate degree, will become more severe as the possession of this gra£aate degree becomes more usual.
Future Trends in Graduate TV Instruction
The University of Florida has run a major graduate program in Engineering using microwave television for several years now (ref. 1). Initially called GENESYS, our system has presented 350 courses over seven semesters and two quarters. Student enrollment is in the order of 600, all taking graduate courses in engineering. Recently this TV system was given a broader scope and renamed SUNSTAR (State UNiversity .System for Television And R.adio) . Professional offerings other than engineering are envisioned and participation by other state universities will be possible. This expansion is to be welcomed and even further expansion to regional or national university systems may be possible in the more distant future. Our GENESYS network has already demonstrated an experimental lecture tie with Huntsville, Alabama.
The promise and problems of advanced media instruction are many. To scale the magnitude of the educational requirements in the coming days, I refer to some of the projections. Engineering Ph.D. production in the United States is increasing at a rate of 12% per annum (ref. 2). The Master Degree output also increases at a rate of 11%, projecting to the conclusion that by 1990 every engineer will hold a Master f s Degree (ref.3). Other new degrees are being more widely used, such as the Engineer degree and the Doctor of Engineering, which may, in time, be more utilized than some present degrees. The problem of employed students obtaining graduate instruction, including the all important graduate degree, will become more severe as the possession of this gra£aate degree becomes more usual.
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