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Engineering Majors Dominate List of Top-Paid Bachelor’s Degrees

Friday, March 12th, 2010

The National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE)  issued a press release yesterday that answers the question, “Which 2010 college majors command the highest starting salaries?”
NACE’s Winter 2010 Salary Survey shows that engineering disciplines account for eight of the 10 most highly paid degrees.   The only non-engineering related degrees in the top 10 were computer science [...]

IEEE-USA President Praises U.S. Job Growth Initiative by Invest in America Alliance

Friday, February 26th, 2010

NEWS from IEEE-USA
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Washington, DC 20036-4910
IEEE-USA President Praises U.S. Job Growth Initiative by Invest in America Alliance
WASHINGTON (26 February 2010) – IEEE-USA President Evelyn Hirt praises the Intel-led Invest in America Alliance for its $3.5 billion initiative to support investment in U.S.-based technology companies over the next two years, and for [...]

Engineering Graduates Salary

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

Early Report Shows Lower Average Salary for College Class of 2010

CONTACT
Andrea Koncz, ext.121, or Mimi Collins, ext. 119, 800.544.5272

E-MAIL
akoncz@naceweb.org

E-MAIL
mcollins@naceweb.org

DATE
February 04, 2010

SUBJECT
Early Report Shows Lower Average Salary for College Class of 2010

BETHLEHEM, PA—Starting salary offers to Class of 2010 new college graduates are down, compared to those offered a year ago,  according to a new study [...]

Sanders/Cohen Bill Would Cover America’s Roofs with Solar

Sunday, February 7th, 2010

SEIA NEWS RELEASE
Sanders/Cohen Bill Would Cover America’s Roofs with Solar
FEBRUARY 04, 2010
National rebate program would deploy photovoltaic and solar hot water, create tens of thousands of jobs
WASHINGTON, DC – The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) today applauded Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Representative Steve Cohen (D-TN) for introducing the 10 Million Solar Roofs and 10 Million [...]

Engineering Jobs Data

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

NEWS from IEEE-USA
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Washington, DC 20036-4910
No Significant Improvement in Fourth Quarter Engineering and Computer Jobs Data
WASHINGTON (26 January 2010) — After two quarters of small job increases for U.S. electrical and electronics engineers (EEs), their levels of employment retreated 3 percent in the fourth quarter of 2009, according to data released [...]

Systems Engineer

Friday, January 8th, 2010

Perhaps you have seen the recent Money Magazine article that listed SYSTEMS ENGINEER as the #1 job, based on salary and growth prospect.  So what is Systems Engineering?