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1. The History of Technical Institutes
1. The History of Technical Institutes
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; the establishment of the Technical Institute Division of the American Society for Engineering Education; the accumulation of a growing body of literature on the technical institute movement; the granting of the associate's degree for two-year technical institute programs; and the establishment of the McGrawHill Award to outstanding technical institute educators. One of the major benefits of these efforts was the collection of data on the current status of technical institutes, allowing educators and practitioners to document growth and determine future directions.
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of the American Society for Engineering Education [ASEE) met for the first time in 1941.4 ASEE also established the Technical Institute Council Now the Engineering Technology College Council in 1962, as a parallel organization to the Engineering College Council primarily for administrators in engineering technology.
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These definition issues cause continuing confusion in the categorization and reporting of enrollments and degrees in the three types of programs at both junior colleges and technical institutes. Continued Data Collection Through the efforts of the Engineering Technology College Council of ASEE, a network of state representatives has been established to report the names of institutions and their programs in engineering technology.
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