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Manpower Considerations
The primary source of technician manpower data is the Engineering
Manpower Commission (EMC), which conducts annual surveys of
educational institutions to obtain data on programs, enrollment, and
degrees granted. The annual reports of the Accreditation Board for Engi-
neering and Technology {ABET) also list information on institutions
and programs. In addition, employers are surveyed to obtain data on
salaries and future demand.
Although EMC uses common definitions, the application of these
definitions by officials in the reporting institutions varies. Further-
more, the numbers of institutions reporting vary considerably from one
reporting period to the next. Nevertheless, the EMC data are the most
extensive available and serve to indicate national trends.
Enrollment
The number of reporting technical institutes increased from 44 to 69
in the surveys conducted by Smith and Lipsett from 1945 to 1955.
Enrollment of full-time day students increased from 8,721 to 26,766, of
which 10.6 percent t2,837) were enrolled in technology programs.
More recently, EMC records show that the number of institutions
reporting technology enrollments alone has increased each year from
44 in 1968 to 166 in 1980. Enrollment in the same period has increased
from 23,597 in 1968 to a peak of 65,677 in 1977.
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Degrees
Associate degree data show that there has been an increase of 136.3
percent [from 30,172 to 71,288) in the number of associate degrees
awarded from 1971 to 1979. For the same period, the number of bacca-
laureate degrees increased from 5,148 to 9,355.
Institutions and Programs
The 51st Annual Report of the Accreditation Board for Engineering
and Technology3 shows that 195 institutions have 731 accredited pro-
grams in the categories shown in Table 1. Table 2 presents the historic
TABLE 1 Status of Engineering Technology Programs, by Program
Area and Level as of October 1983
Accredited Programs
Program Area
Associate Bachelor's Total
Aeronautical 4 5 9
Air conditioning 6 1 7
Architectural 25 6 31
Automotive 1 0 1
Bioengineering technology 3 3 6
Chemical 12 0 12
Civil and construction 71 47 1 18
Computer 13 8 21
Drafting and design 14 5 19
Electrical and Electronic 149 78 227
Electromechanical 8 2 10
Engineering technology
(general) 0 4 4
Environmental 2 8 10
Industrial engineering
technology 15 7 22
Manufacturing 7 18 25
Marine 0 1 1
Mechanical 95 59 154
Metallurgical 2 1 3
Mining 6 3 9
Nuclear 3 0 3
Petroleum 1 1 2
Surveying 9 1 10
Other 14 13 27
Totals 460 271 731
SOURCE: Fifty-fiTstAnnualReportoftheAccreditationBoardforEngineeringandTech-
nology New York: September 30, 1983).
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TABLE 2 Historical Growth of Accredited Engineering Technology
Programs
Associate
1
12
17
19
29
36
45
57
62
67
70
83
88
91
91
12
27
41
46
81
102
121
150
155
178
189
221
242
257
271
22
32
32
49
61
63
69
82
92
101
110
117
128
139
149
159
166
185
188
192
195
Year Institutions
1946 3
1951 22
1956 32
1961 32
1966 49
1967 61
1968 62
1969 68
1970 80
1971 85
1972 94
1973 98
1974 100
1975 103
1976 111
1977 117
1978 121
1979 123
1980 132
1981 136
1982 140
1983 142
Programs
7
62
95
116
164
193
194
222
257
272
299
315
322
324
344
377
387
390
416
434
447
460
Baccalaureate Total
Institutions Programs Institutionsa Programs
3 7
62
95
116
164
195
203
234
284
313
345
396
424
445
494
532
565
579
637
676
704
731
aSome institutions have both associate and baccalaureate degree programs and are only
included once in the total for any one year.
SOURCE: Fifty-first Annual Report of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Tech-
nology New York: September 30, 1983) .
development of the associate and baccalaureate programs in engineer-
ing technology. In addition to the accredited programs in engineering
technology, there are other programs for which procedures for accredi-
tation have not been completed. The concomitant development in
enrollment is presented in Table 3, taken from the Engineering Man-
power Commissioni4 published historical summary.
While it must be assumed that the Higher Education General Infor-
mation Systems jHEGISJ reports have the required information about
programs, enrollments, and degrees, to this date information is not
available in summary form for engineering and technology.
A study sponsored by the Ford Foundation and managed by the Coun-
cil on Post-Secondary Education jCOPEJ is preparing specifications for
institutional statistics. Once standard specifications are formulated,
all institutions can maintain statistical data in their computers in the
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required format. Providing institutions are willing to cooperate, it
would then be possible for an interrogating computer to gain the infor-
mation needed for national statistics without employing survey forms.
Recommendation
Manpower statistics on enrollment, degrees, and salaries should be
maintained at the college, state, and national levels.
