By J. Adriana Aumen, College of Arts and Sciences PULLMAN, Wash. – With support from a $1.6 million grant, a new faculty member is studying people’s beliefs about whether intelligence can be increased and how this shapes attitudes, behaviors and expectations.
Photo: Engineering 120 has been revamped to include more hands-on projects in hopes of retaining more engineering majors. (Photo by Robert Hubner, WSU Photo Services). Freshmen engineering students are of increasing interest to leaders in academia and government nationwide. From the governor’s mansion to industry boardrooms to government think tanks, leaders are repeating the refrain: […]