Training the next generation of U.S. coastal scientists and engineers

摘要

In a February 2012 policy statement, the American Shore and Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA 2012) concluded that the U.S. coastal engineering and science profession was unhealthy. ASBPA's findings were that: 1. Coastal engineering and science programs at U.S. universities are or will be declining due to reduced funding, 2. Fewer coastal engineers are entering academia due to the difficulty obtaining funding, so retiring coastal faculty are not being replaced or are being replaced by non-coastal faculty and the number of traditional coastal courses offered is declining, and 3. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) coastal research and development (R&D) funding has also declined dramatically since 1983.