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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (411)

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The Department of General Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) did not officially exist until 1882. Courses in general studies were offered as early as 1865, when the MIT Catalog offered a curriculum option called the Course in Science and Literature. At that time, all regular MIT students were required to take “general studies” classes from the Course in Science and Literature, in addition to English, history, and modern languages. In 1882 the Course in Sci...

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California Institute of Technology (384)

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Rochester institute of technology (335)

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It is unclear when the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) first admitted minority students. However, it appears as though the first African American students entered the Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute (renamed RIT in 1944) during the early 1900s. For instance, in 1906 Fredericka Sprague, the granddaughter of Frederick Douglass, took classes at the Institute. There are several other instances of African American students attending the school during the early 20th century as w...

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Georgia institute of technology (196)

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The Georgia Institute of Technology, commonly referred to as Georgia Tech or Tech, was founded on October 13, 1885 as the Georgia School of Technology. The creation of the educational institution was part of the plans of Georgia leadership to reconstruct and revitalize the state's economy following the Civil War. Eighty-four candidates took the first entrance examination on October 3, 1888 and the school formally opened on October 5, 1888. Over the next several decades the school evolved from...

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Carnegie Institute of Technology (49)

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Founded in 1905, by steel industrialist Andrew Carnegie; well-known for its engineering and science programs. Merged with Mellon Institute of Industrial Research in 1967, changing the name to Carnegie-Mellon University.

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Illinois Institute of technology (33)

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The Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, was created in 1940 through the amalgamation of the Armour Institute of Technology and the Lewis Institute.

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Georgia School of Technology (32)

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The Office of the Registrar at the Georgia Institute of Technology is responsible for maintaining the official academic record of students at the institution. The Georgia School of Technology's Evening School of Commerce was organized in 1914 and continued until 1933. According to some sources, the Evening School of Commerce actually began a year earlier, in 1913, with classes offered on the Georgia Tech campus, in the Chemistry building. In any case, for the f...

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Radiation Laboratory (60)

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Division 1 Business Division 2 Buildings and Maintenance Division 3 Personnel and Shops Division 4 Research Division 5 Transmitter Components...

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Case Institute of Technology (26)

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Clarkson College of Technology (25)

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Thomas was president of Clarkson College of Technology from 1933-1940.

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