{"id":62,"date":"2023-08-15T15:42:54","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T15:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitalexhibits.syr.edu\/gibill\/?page_id=62"},"modified":"2023-10-18T18:57:57","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T18:57:57","slug":"the-college-of-applied-science","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/digitalexhibits.syr.edu\/gibill\/the-college-of-applied-science\/","title":{"rendered":"The College of Applied Science"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The College of Applied Science\n<\/span><\/h1><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Veteran enrollment after World War II transformed Syracuse University. While all its schools and colleges experienced growth, some were more affected than others. The Colleges of Business Administration, Liberal Arts, and Applied Science took in the most veterans. As enrollment increased so did the size of the faculty, which tripled between 1945 and 1950.  This was also a time for new, innovative administrators, such as Thomas Carroll, dean of the School of Business Administration, and Norman Rice, director of the School of Art, both of whom elevated the status of their schools. New undergraduate and graduate programs also sprang up, including an art program for liberal arts students and a special education department in the School of Education. Graduate student enrollment expanded almost sevenfold. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The impact of the University\u2019s enrollment and academic growth can be best seen in the College of Applied Science (now the College of Engineering and Computer Science). In response to an increased interest in technology, Syracuse University opened a 120-acre engineering campus in 1947 at the former naval war plant on Thompson Road.  The War Assets Administration divided the facility between the University and Carrier Corporation. Nicknamed \u201cT-Road\u201d by students, it attracted 30 new faculty and helped enlarge the College of Applied Science from prewar enrollment of 400 to a 1947 enrollment of 1,900, 72% of whom were veterans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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