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The primary impetus for this change was the growth of larger and more sophisticated manufacturing companies {Noble, 1977~. A greater association between science and business led naturally to an increased emphasis on engineering in the industrial context.
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The first institute schools offered nothing but technical courses and were adamant about that fact. Later, schools such as MIT and Cornell initiated concurrent classical studies programs for engineers, and eventually most engineering schools followed suit.
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