In Rhode Island, an Unusual Marriage of Engineering and Languages Lures Students

Karin Fisher:

The University of Rhode Island colleagues each had a problem.

Hermann Viets, then dean of engineering, felt strongly that his students needed international experience to be competitive in a globalizing job market--and, like many engineering majors, they weren't getting it. His fellow administrator and next-door neighbor, John M. Grandin, associate dean of arts and sciences at the time, saw the writing on the wall with declining numbers in his German language and literature

Posted by Jim Zellmer at May 24, 2012 3:20 AM
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