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2 The Origins of Engineering Technology Education
Pages 37-44

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... the expansion of the junior and community college programs in technical education; and (5) the consistent movement of US engineering education toward curricula containing more emphasis on science knowledge/ theory and advanced mathematics.
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... suggested that these technical institutes should become the locus for a more practical form of engineering education. Hammond repeated the recommendation in the 1940 Hammond Report on engineering education and in the 1944 report Engineering Education after the War.
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... Their emphasis on scientific principles versus manual skills helped distinguish the technical institutes from junior colleges and vocational training institutions. By 1945 the first 2-year ET programs were accredited by the Engineers' Council for Professional Development (ECPD, 1954; Smith and Lipsett, 1956)
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... . The Technical Institute Division of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
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... Noted Ungrodt: Some of the changes in engineering technology education have resulted from the changes in engineering education. The development of science oriented en gineering curricula and the trend toward advanced level programs in engineer ing, as well as the rapid growth and development of associate degree programs in engineering technology, have stimulated the development of baccalaureate programs in engineering technology (1975:787)
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... 1964. "Engineering and Technology." Address to the Technical Institute Divi sion, American Society for Engineering Education, Annual Meeting, June.
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... Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education. Report of the Committee on Aims and Scope of Engineer ing Curricula.
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