The purpose of the institute is to bring together the community involved in two-year and four-year engineering technology education to address issues and challenges of common interests in an informal forum for open discussion:

· To prepare leadership personnel through faculty and   administrative development;
· To enable participants to broaden their knowledge of   engineering technology leadership issues;
· To discuss problems of management in an engineering   technology environment;
· To provide specific leadership training;
· To provide an opportunity to exchange ideas with fellow   educators;
· To provide participants with an opportunity to share their   successes in leadership areas;
· To provide an opportunity to exchange ideas with industrial   leaders.