ABET Criteria 2000: institutional preparation and experience

Author

Orr, John A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Worcester Polytech. Inst., MA, USA

Volume

3

fYear

1997

Firstpage

1185

Abstract

In 1996-97 two universities served as volunteer test sites for evaluation of programs for ABET accreditation under new criteria (Criteria 2000). This paper describes the preparation for the evaluation, and the conduct of the visit for the Electrical Engineering program at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Criteria 2000 are based on the principles of outcomes assessment and a continuous improvement process relating educational objectives to the curriculum and to educational outcomes. Some lessons learned in this first visit conducted under a set of ABET criteria which are very different from the existing criteria are presented

Keywords

educational courses; electrical engineering education; ABET Criteria 2000; Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology; Electrical Engineering program; Worcester Polytechnic Institute; continuous improvement process; curriculum; educational objectives; educational outcomes; institutional experience; institutional preparation; outcomes assessment; Accreditation; Continuous improvement; Design engineering; Documentation; Educational institutions; Environmental economics; Health and safety; Manufacturing; Mathematics; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education Conference, 1997. 27th Annual Conference. Teaching and Learning in an Era of Change. Proceedings.

Conference_Location

Pittsburgh, PA

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4086-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.1997.632628

Filename

632628