Detroit Institute of Technology

Detroit Institute of Technology

The Detroit Institute of Technology was a fully accredited, four-year technical college in Detroit, Michigan that closed operations as a result of economic recession in 1982.

First called the Association Institute[1] , the private school was founded in 1891, and later developed into a private engineering and science college by the founder of Ford Motor Company, Henry Ford, in conjunction with the Detroit YMCA[2], formalizing its evening adult education program; the later name was adopted in 1918.[1]

A pharmacy program, originally organized under the Detroit College of Medicine, became part of the school in 1907.[1] In 1957, the pharmacy program merged with the School of Pharmacy at Wayne State University. In 1971, the S. S. Kresge Corporation, which was moving to Troy, Michigan, donated its downtown Detroit headquarters to the school.[3]

Accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA), also known as North Central, is one of six regional accreditation organizations recognized by the United States Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. Founded in 1895, the NCA accredits over 10,000 public and private educational institutions serving 19 Midwestern, South-Central and a few Western states, including: Arkansas, Arizona, Colorado, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

For a time, affiliated with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

The college played in the NAIA College Division. It consisted of 3 colleges, 1 each of liberal arts and sciences, business administration, and engineering. The transcripts for Detroit Tech are now located at Lawrence Technological University. The college also previously fielded a football team until 1951.

Notable in Michigan business, alumnus Henry Ford, inventor, innovator and founder of Ford Motor Company. Notable in Michigan politics, alumnus Richard Austin, former Michigan Secretary of State.

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