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There is no specific AES Technical Committee on curriculum or educational standards. To date, the AES has deliberately avoided becoming involved in the review or accreditation of individual educational programs. However, this de-facto policy does not necessarily preclude a future role for the AES as a consultative body or member society for existing accreditors. Several conference papers describe topical interest and regional or institution-specific involvement with non-profit accrediting boards, e.g.:
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Former AES Education Chair Roy Pritts defined the educated audio engineer as a life-long learner, writing that "an educated person is one who knows where to find the answers."
No one can know everything, and it would be a useless effort to spend your life trying to know everything.The dynamics of change in our industry would find the rate of change faster than the rate of learning. The true challenge is to be in touch with the forces of change, evaluate those elements of which you must gain further knowledge, and place the rest just out of reach where you can turn quickly and acquire the necessary information when required. It is the difference between saying "yes" when you know how, saying "yes" then finding out how, or saying "no" and being left behind. (Pritts. The Educated Audio Engineer.)
Here are some additional references, resources and links to help strengthen the work you do, whether you're a teacher, a current student, or simply a life-long learner.
References and Publications
Further Internal and External Resources (for Faculty)
A representative of MTSU's Learning, Teaching and Innovative Technologies Center recommended the following books for our summer reading list:
Further Internal and External Resources for Students and Young Professionals
This month Francis Rumsey interviews Lauren Ward about her paper in the July/August AES Journal about personalization of broadcasts for the hearing impaired in object-based audio.
October 2019