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Group 6: Accreditation

SOE Fall Faculty and Staff Retreat 2002. Group 6: Accreditation. What is Accreditation?. Certification by our professional societies that we are doing our job and are continually improving. ABET - Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology.

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Group 6: Accreditation

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  1. SOE Fall Faculty and Staff Retreat 2002 Group 6: Accreditation

  2. What is Accreditation? • Certification by our professional societies that we are doing our job and are continually improving. • ABET - Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. • Currently, CE; working on it, EE; Considering, CS.

  3. Why is Success in Accreditation Important? (Why should you care?) • It will make our programs and our school better via measurement and improvement • It will improve our reputation. • Better program • Better students • Better development • It has been used as leverage.

  4. What are the impediments? • Non-involvement • Lack of understanding or cooperation • Lack of timely action • Examples of tasks needing help • Detailed course description • Implementing our survey feedback loops

  5. Sample Course Description

  6. Facilitating Accreditation • Thankfully, much work has been started. • Started feedback loops (exams) • Allocated funds for student workers • Developed a schedule • Started required documentation • http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/~larrabee/abet • Everyone in SOE should understand and buy-in to the importance of Accreditation. • Everyone should contribute via effort, time, reprioritization, tools, and attitude.

  7. ABET Tasks & Due Dates

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