A group of engineering technology educators collaborated in 1977 to develop a longitudinal survey to look at trends and developments of baccalaureate engineering technology programs in the United States. Representatives of the Engineering Technology Division (ETD) four zones of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) conducted the survey in 1977, 1981, 1985, 1990, and 1995. The results of these surveys were reported by region and published in the 1978, 1982, 1986, 1991, and 1996 College Industry Education Conference (CIEC) proceedings. The first time the longitudinal survey was conducted nationally in 1998 after members of Engineering Technology Division and the Two-Year College Division (TCD) of ASEE came together to sponsor the 1999 Trends and Development survey. All two- and four-year engineering technology schools were invited to participate in the web-based survey that was conducted during the fall of 1999. Various invitations to participate in the study were sent out to the ETD and TCD listservs. A total of 129 institutions participated in the 1999 Engineering Technology Trends and Development Survey. Of all the participating institutions, 62 were four-year schools and 67 were two-year schools. This represents a participation level of approximately 31% of the total number of engineering technology schools/institutions in the United States.
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