Rochester Institute of Technology - Techmila / Ramikin Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, New York

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Volume 52

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Foreword Scientific, technological, aesthetic and schol- arly knowledge is expanding at an accelerating rate. To meet the pressure of this pace and to clearly define its purposes and goals in view of the move to a new campus, our Board of Trustees adopted a statement of educational philosophy on the twenty-sixth of February, nineteen-hundred and sixty-two. The basic philosophy of the Institute is to offer courses of study to prepare the greatest number of young people, regardless of race or creed, to be competent in their professional fields and in their personal, civic and social areas of life» The Institute must be effective, dynamic, sensitive and flexible in relating its educa- tional programs to the ever-changing needs of local and national business and industrial communities. The Institute must remain a strong, pri- vately endowed, gift-supported institution of higher learning, so it will be free to determine its own course in whichever way it feels will be of greatest benefit to its students. A strong, vigorous Evening College must be upheld to meet the educational needs of adult members of the community, by offering a wide range of seminars, courses and degree programs. Baccalaureate degrees are now granted in all departments and schools. Scientific and technological discoveries will require still more education in the years which lie ahead. The Board has met this demand by approving in principle the granting of master’s degrees where it seems desirable. The quality of any educational institution rests in a large measure on the strength of its faculty. The administration and faculty must study education in new fields to determine whether curriculums should be developed to meet changing needs. To obtain this, a modest amount of research must be encouraged so that each individual will be able to keep abreast of his subject matter field and thus teach more effectively. It is believed that the Institute should strive for excellence in terms of its own objectives and should not attempt to emulate those insti- tutions which have became concerned prima- rily with research and graduate study. While there is great need for such schools, there is much work still to be done by those and simi- lar technological areas of education in which the Institute traditionally has excelled. In order to meet these objectives, the Insti- tute needed more room and increased facil- ities; this problem was solved when a move to a new location was approved. In the very near future, the Institute will move to a new, mod- ern campus to take its stand among colleges in preparing an ever-increasing number of young people to meet the challenges of the modern world.