Rochester Institute of Technology: Industrial Development and Educational Innovation in an American City
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Rochester Institute of Technology: Industrial Development and Educational Innovation in an American City
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Photograph of Dane Gordon
The Institute almost lost a place in the educational life of Rochester due to these rapid changes in top administration that made it difficult for the Institute to adjust. Many issues, especially the changes in top administration, had played the roles in shaping the Institute in order to take a firm position to maintain its educational independence. The birth of the vocational education system at the turn of the last century is accounted for by the institute's always-adjusting curriculum. Where previously you learned your job through an apprenticeship, or simply through on the job experience starting at an early age, you could now go to school to learn the best methods of doing your job in the hopes of getting a leg up on others vying for the same position. The Institute had developed courses in subjects related to different types of employments, and continued to keep in close touch with the business and industrial community of Rochester. These ties may have been a key role for the continued success of the Institute.
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Phillip Fowler
