The integration of ABET and CSAB

Author

Yeargan, Jerry R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Arkansas Univ., Fayetteville, AR, USA

Volume

45

Issue

2

fYear

2002

fDate

5/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

111

Lastpage

117

Abstract

On November 3, 2001, the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) and the Computing Sciences Accreditation Board (CSAB), two US-based accreditation agencies, were officially integrated into a single agency. This action is the result of many dedicated professionals´ engaged in many hours of work and discussions over a period of eight years. It has happened because these professionals and the two organizations share the fundamental belief that students, faculty, educational institutions, the professions, industry, and the global community will be better served by a single organization having accreditation responsibility for educational programs in engineering, technology, computing, and applied sciences. This article discusses the historical background of engineering accreditation and the activities leading to the proposal for the integration of ABET and CSAB. The integration transition period from 1998-2001 is discussed and future directions outlined

Keywords

accreditation; engineering education; societies; ABET; Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology; CSAB; Computing Sciences Accreditation Board; US-based accreditation agencies integration; applied sciences; computing; educational institutions; educational programs; engineering; faculty; global community; industry; professions; students; technology; Accreditation; Computer Society; Computer industry; Computer science; Councils; Educational institutions; Educational programs; Educational technology; Paper technology; Programming profession;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Education, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9359

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TE.2002.1013874

Filename

1013874