History
The school was founded in 1950 by Harold M. Rabin; it was originally known as the Chicago School of Television Repair, and later as the Electronics Trades Institute. In 1964, the name was changed to Electronics Technical Institute of Illinois; in 1980 the name was changed to Illinois Technical College, reflecting the school's status as a diversified training institution. When Rabin founded ITC, he owned a television repair and service business and employed a number of technicians. However, many of the "trained" technicians he encountered still needed a practical, hands-on course in television service and repair. While training technicians for his own needs, he developed a practical shop-training method which was used in ITC's television-service technician course. Over the years, Illinois Technical College grew from a single-subject vocational school to a multi-course technical college offering an approved associate degree in electro-mechanical computer engineering technology and a variety of courses at various levels of training.
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