Henry S. Pritchett was a prominent American educator and scientist who served as the president of both MIT and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. This book provides an overview of his plan to merge the technical and scientific resources of Harvard and MIT to create a more comprehensive program of technical education. If you are interested in the history of American higher education or the development of technical fields like engineering and science, this book is a valuable resource. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.