Editing Capitol Technology University

{{Short description|Private university in South Laurel, Maryland, US}}
{{for|institutions with a similar name|Capital College (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox university
 |name           = Capitol Technology University
 |image_name     = Capitol_Technology_University.png
 |image_size     = 205px
 |motto          = Aut viam inveniam aut faciam
 |mottoeng       = Either find a way or make one
 |established    = June 1, 1927<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.captechu.edu/about-capitol/capitol-history |title=Capitol History: Capitol Timeline |website=Capital Technology University |access-date=March 21, 2022 }}</ref>
 |type           = [[Private university]]
 |endowment      = $5.3 million<ref>As of June 30, 2012. {{cite web
 |title        = U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2012 Endowment Market Value and Percentage Change in Endowment Market Value from FY 2011 to FY 2012
 |work         = 2012 NACUBO-Commonfund Study of Endowments
 |publisher    = National Association of College and University Business Officers
 |url          = http://www.nacubo.org/Documents/research/2012NCSEPublicTablesEndowmentMarketValuesFinalJanuary232013.pdf
 |access-date  = 2013-05-23
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20130512182137/http://www.nacubo.org/Documents/research/2012NCSEPublicTablesEndowmentMarketValuesFinalJanuary232013.pdf
 |archive-date = 2013-05-12
 |url-status     = dead
}}</ref>
 |president      = Bradford L. Sims<ref>{{cite web
                 |url        = https://www.captechu.edu/about-capitol/leadership
                 |title      = About Capitol, Executive Council
                 |publisher  = Capitol Technology University
                 |access-date = June 18, 2017}}</ref>
 |students     = 823 (Fall 2022)<ref name=2022_IPEDS_enrollment>{{cite web |url=https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?id=162061#enrolmt |title=College Navigator - Capitol Technology University |publisher=[[National Center for Educational Statistics]] |date=2023 |accessdate=September 8, 2023}}</ref>
 |undergrad      = 301 (Fall 2022)<ref name=2022_IPEDS_enrollment/>
 |postgrad       = 522 (Fall 2022)<ref name=2022_IPEDS_enrollment/>
 |city           = [[South Laurel, Maryland|South Laurel]]
 |state          = [[Maryland]]
 |country        = United States
 |coordinates    = {{coord|39.0475|-76.8515|region:US-MD_type:edu|display=inline,title}}
 |campus         = [[Suburb]]an, {{convert|52|acre}}
 |former_names   = Capitol Radio Engineering Institute (1927–1964),<br />Capitol Institute of Technology (1964–1987),<br />Capitol College (1987–2014)
 |accreditation  = [[Middle States Commission on Higher Education|MSCHE]]<ref name="msche-accred-status">{{cite web
 |url          = http://www.msche.org/documents/SAS/78/Statement%20of%20Accreditation%20Status.htm
 |title        = Statement of Accreditation Status
 |publisher    = Middle States Commission on Higher Education
 |date         = June 23, 2011
 |access-date   = November 12, 2011
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20120414203806/http://www.msche.org/documents/SAS/78/Statement%20of%20Accreditation%20Status.htm
 |archive-date = 2012-04-14
 |url-status     = dead
}}</ref>
 |colors         = {{Color box|#B71234|border=darkgray}} Red<br />{{Color box|black|border=darkgray}} Black
 |academic_affiliations   = [[National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program|Space-grant]]
 |website        = {{URL|https://www.captechu.edu/}}
 |logo           =
 |footnotes      = 
}}

'''Capitol Technology University''' (formerly '''Capitol College''') is a [[private university]] in [[South Laurel, Maryland]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/DC20BLK/st24_md/place/p2473650_south_laurel/DC20BLK_P2473650.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: South Laurel CDP, MD|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-02-07|quote=Capitol Technology Univ}}</ref> near [[Washington, DC]]. The university was founded in 1927 as the '''Capitol Radio Engineering Institute''' by a former [[US Navy]] [[Radioman]]. CREI changed its name to '''Capitol Institute of Technology''' in 1964, changed its name again to '''Capitol College''' in 1987, and Capitol Technology University in 2014. Capitol offers undergraduate and graduate programs specializing in engineering, computer science, information technology, and business. It is [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education|classified]] among "D/PU: Doctoral/Professional Universities"<ref>{{cite web|title=Carnegie Classifications{{!}}Institution Profile|url=https://carnegieclassifications.acenet.edu/institution/capitol-technology-university/|website=Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education|access-date=5 July 2024}}</ref> and is a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bestcollegesonline.org/colleges/capitol-technology-university/ |title=Capitol Technology University |website=Best Colleges Online|access-date=October 22, 2023}}</ref>

==History==

===Capitol Radio Engineering Institute===
Capitol Technology University was founded in 1927 as the Capitol Radio Engineering Institute, a [[correspondence school]], by Eugene H. Rietzke, a [[United States Navy]] veteran [[Radioman]] ([[Master chief petty officer|Master Chief]]). Five years later, in 1932, a residence division was opened, allowing students to reside at the school and study in [[laboratory|laboratories]]. This facility remained at the corner of [[16th Street Northwest (Washington, D.C.)|16th Street NW]] and Park Road in [[Washington, D.C.]] for 30 years. In 1946, following [[World War II]], the institute was accredited by the [[American Engineers' Council for Professional Development|Engineers' Council for Professional Development]] (ECPD), which is now [[ABET, Inc.]]

In 1964, it sold its correspondence school division (which comprised 20% of its business) and the Capitol Radio Engineering Institute name, to McGraw-Hill Continuing Education Center.{{citation needed|date=April 2019}} The residential school took the name Capitol Institute of Technology.

===Capitol Institute of Technology===
In 1964, the Institute changed its name to the Capitol Institute of Technology to reflect its expansion during the 1950s. That same year, it sold its correspondence school division, which comprised 20% of its business, to [[McGraw-Hill Education]]. Shortly thereafter, in 1966, the District of Columbia licensed the institute to award [[Bachelor of Science]] [[Bachelor's degree|degree]]s in [[engineering technology]]. Anticipating the need for more space, the Institute decided to move to a leased facility in [[Kensington, Maryland|Kensington]], Maryland, in 1969, which opened in January 1970. Six years later, in 1976, the [[Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools#Commission on Higher Education|Middle States Commission on Higher Education]] (MSCHE) awarded full [[accreditation]] to the institute.<ref>[http://www.msche.org/institutions_view.asp?idinstitution=78 Middle States Commission on Higher Education: Institution Directory]</ref>

After receiving [[regional accreditation]], the Institute started to receive Federal and State [[Grant (money)|grants]] for the purchase and construction of a new campus{{citation needed|date=August 2018}} at the site of the former [[Beltsville Speedway]] (a.k.a. Baltimore-Washington Speedway), selected in 1980<ref>"[https://www.captechu.edu/about-capitol/capitol-history Capitol History]." Capitol Technology University. Retrieved on August 26, 2018. "In 1980 the college found its home in Laurel, Maryland. Within three years, Capitol purchased the 52-acre former site of the Beltsville Speedway, [...]"</ref> and completed in September 1983. Over the next few years, new degree programs were introduced, the [[cooperative education]] program was expanded, new construction was well underway, and The Decade of Growth Campaign exceeded its $3.5 million goal. In 1986, Telecommunications Hall and the 340-seat Avrum Gudelsky Memorial Auditorium were completed.

===Capitol College===
A year later, in 1987, the Board of Trustees approved an extensive Five-Point Plan. This plan involved changing the school's name to Capitol College, developing new curricula in [[electrical engineering]] and [[telecommunication]]s, creating student housing on campus, and moving from a [[academic quarter (year division)|quarter system]] to a [[semester]] system. In January 1989, six apartment-style [[dormitory|residence halls]] were completed, named after various inventors: [[Alexander Graham Bell|Bell]], [[Lee De Forest|De Forest]], [[Thomas Edison|Edison]], [[Benjamin Franklin|Franklin]], [[Samuel F. B. Morse|Morse]], and [[Charles Proteus Steinmetz|Steinmetz]]. In August 1990, the Graduate School was created to offer the college's first [[Master's degree]]s in [[systems management]], similar to a degree offered at the time by the [[U.S.C. Institute of Safety and Systems Management]]..

Over the following seven years, the college expanded its graduate degree offerings, partnered with [[NASA]] to offer preparatory summer courses in [[engineering]] for [[minority group|minority]] students, developed a Distance Learning Center, and opened the renovated Puente Library, also housing the McGowan Center for Innovative Teaching. In 1997, the college offered its first courses online over the [[Internet]]. Since then, new undergraduate and graduate programs have been introduced, the Space Operations Institute was established and expanded,<ref name = "gsfc-soi-feature">{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/features/2010/capitol-college.html |title=Goddard Partnership Creating Engineering Pipeline |author=Christina Coleman |publisher=NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |date=October 4, 2010 |access-date=November 12, 2011}}</ref> the McGowan Academic Center was constructed,<ref name="cmbr-mcgowan-bldg">{{cite web |url=http://www.cambridgearchitectural.com/Project.aspx?ID=20 |title=McGowan |publisher=Cambridge Architectural |year=2010 |access-date=November 12, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111220014628/http://www.cambridgearchitectural.com/Project.aspx?ID=20 |archive-date=2011-12-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and enrollment has increased.

In 2003, Capitol was designated a [[National Security Agency]] Center of Academic Excellence in [[Information Assurance]] Education.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nsa.gov/public_info/press_room/2003/nsa_academic_exc.shtml|title=NSA Press Release|access-date=6 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010031107/http://www.nsa.gov/public_info/press_room/2003/nsa_academic_exc.shtml|archive-date=10 October 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Capitol Technology University===
In 2010, Capitol launched its first doctoral degree program. The Doctor of Science ([[Sc.D.]] or [[DSc]]) in Cybersecurity is offered using a combination of live online and on-campus residency courses to students around the world, and is designed for professionals employed full-time who are seeking an education that will allow them to perform as senior leaders, program developers and policy makers in the cybersecurity field. Students attend three residencies at the Laurel campus throughout the program.<ref>{{cite web|title=Information Assurance Degree Programs|url=http://digital.turn-page.com/i/85813|access-date=12 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130405013345/http://digital.turn-page.com/i/85813|archive-date=2013-04-05|url-status=dead}}</ref> The university also has several doctoral programs including Ph.D.s in Technology, Manufacturing, Construction Science, Occupational Health & Safety, and Aviation.

In mid-2014, the institution was redesignated a university by the state of Maryland and changed its name to Capitol Technology University.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.capitol-college.edu/news-events/news-headlines/1915|title=Capitol College becomes Capitol Technology University|access-date=1 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303221011/https://www.capitol-college.edu/news-events/news-headlines/1915|archive-date=2016-03-03|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.educause.edu/members/capitol-technology-university|title=Capitol Technology University - EDUCAUSE.edu|access-date=1 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.msche.org/institutions_view.asp?idinstitution=78|title=Middle States Commission on Higher Education|access-date=1 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mhec.state.md.us/highered/about/Meetings/CommissionMeetings/8-27-14/CommBook8-27-14.pdf|title=MARYLAND HIGHER EDUCATION COMMISSION MEETING BOOKLET|access-date=1 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140901150419/http://www.mhec.state.md.us/higherEd/about/Meetings/CommissionMeetings/8-27-14/CommBook8-27-14.pdf|archive-date=2014-09-01|url-status=dead}}</ref>

{{as of|2017|June|1|df=US}}, Dr. Bradford L. Sims is the university's eighth president.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.captechu.edu/investiture |title=Presidential Investiture |website=Capitol Technology University |access-date=1 October 2021 }}</ref>

==Academics==
Capitol offers numerous undergraduate and graduate degree programs as Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, Doctor of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. The university is accredited by the [[Middle States Commission on Higher Education]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.captechu.edu/about-capitol/accreditation |title=Accreditation |website=Capitol Technology University |access-date=September 30, 2021 }}</ref> The Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Astronautical Engineering, Computer Engineering, and Electrical Engineering programs are accredited by [[ABET]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://amspub.abet.org/aps/name-search?searchType=institution&keyword=Capitol%20College |title=Accredited Programs: Capitol College |website=ABET |access-date=September 30, 2021 }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.captechu.edu/ Official website]

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