Proposed engineering school at Purdue faces opposition [View all]

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University officials are mulling a proposal to form a school for environmental and ecological engineering, but the plan is facing pushback from some.

At its meeting Thursday, the Academic Affairs Committee of the Board of Trustees had a lengthy and, at times, tense discussion about the possibility of making the Environmental and Ecological Engineering division (EEE) into its own school.

The establishment of a school would allow it to have its own tenured faculty, which, in turn, would help it thrive and remain on the cutting edge of the field, said College of Engineering Dean Leah Jamieson, who recommended the plan to the committee.

&quot The program) has a breadth and a vision for what environmental and ecological engineering should be that does, admittedly, go beyond the traditional roots," she said. "It’s a leader in a field that is growing rapidly. It does not look like other programs. I would say that with pride — that we are ahead of other programs."

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