General Motors Institute - Reflector Yearbook (Flint, MI)

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XM. flll! C'ontim1eA tv grow . . . Some of the best news yet was the announcement on February 15 by Iohn F. Gordon, Chairman of the Board of Regents, of the largest expansion program in the history of General Motors Institute. When the program is completed in l954, the Institute will be 40 percent larger than it now is and existing facilities will be completely modernized. An increasing need for men trained in management and engineering is responsible for the step. The expansion will add 83,500 square feet of floor space and bring the total building area to 292,000 square feet. Laboratory space devoted to engineering instruction Will be enlarged by 44 percent to l03,- 550 square feet. Classroom space will be enlarged by 55 percent to 60,500 square feet, The rest of the space will be used primarily for the expansion of the library and faculty offices. All areas will be pro- vided with the most recent and effective educational facilities. As a result of this expansion, enrollment in the cooperative programs can be increased to 2500 in 1954. This increase in turn will result in graduating classes of 400, which compares to an average of 293 gradu- ates a year since 1948. The program represents another way in which General Motors is providing for the continuation of its long-term program of technological advancement. This development on the human side parallels the de- velopment on the material side as exemplified by the new Technical Center near Detroit.