Should the standard undergraduate engineering education be extended to five years?

Abstract

I can still remember that crisp fall day when I moved into my freshman dorm. It marked the beginning of a new phase of life, an era burgeoning with the promise of knowledge, both in academics and life. Most of all, I knew that at least for the next four years, I would be engrossed with meeting the requirements of a rigorous system designed to turn a doe-eyed high school grad into an electrical engineer.