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Report of the Representative Directors to ABET

Report of the Representative Directors to ABET. Bruce Eisenstein, Michael Lightner and Moshe Kam IEEE Representative Directors to ABET Educational Activities Board 15 November 2008 Agenda Item 8.1. ABET Board Meeting. The ABET Board of Directors met on 1 November 2008 in Louisville, KY

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Report of the Representative Directors to ABET

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  1. Report of theRepresentative Directors to ABET Bruce Eisenstein, Michael Lightner and Moshe Kam IEEE Representative Directors to ABET Educational Activities Board 15 November 2008 Agenda Item 8.1

  2. ABET Board Meeting • The ABET Board of Directors met on 1 November 2008 in Louisville, KY • IEEE representation • Part 1: Eisenstein, King, Kam (for S. Kerns) • Skip Fletcher presiding • Part 2: Eisenstein, Lightner, Kam • Joe Sussman presiding

  3. Personnel Changes • Dr. George Peterson no longer serves as ABET’s Executive Director • Starting January 2009 he will be in charge of international business development • Lance Hoboy (CFO) is Acting Executive Director

  4. ABET Officers • President: Joseph L. Sussman, • President-Elect: David K. Holger • Secretary: Phillip E. Borrowman, • Treasurer: Daniel J. Bradley • Past President: L.S. "Skip" Fletcher

  5. Information Flow • ABET continues to ignore past promises regarding provision of information, timely compilation and distribution of minutes, and updating financial information • 2009 president promised a change IEEE follow-up needed

  6. Major Issues COI – consultation to non-US schools International accreditation – exit strategies Definition of assessment (criteria 2/3) PAVE (AP) • Finances • Governance (AP) • Expansion of the Board – Society of Fire Protection Engineering • International travel

  7. Finances • Reserves continue to be low ($500K) • 2008 FY surplus was $133K • Definition of reserves was changed • the total unrestricted net assets minus the net investment in the fixed assets • Under new definition reserves are negative • Long-term forecasts depend heavily on success of international accreditation • [Unrealistic in our opinion]

  8. 5 year forecast • Predicts significant growth of the reserves (by any definition) • From $734K (-$33K)to $ 3.8M ($3.1M) in 5 years

  9. Finances (2) • Attempt to adjust maintenance fees to take into account number of graduates was postponed • so that impact can be assessed better • A series of travel micro-management motions was defeated

  10. Travel Policy • The issue is not resolved • ABET asks volunteers to sign a release form, absolving ABET from all responsibility • There is some insurance coverage but extent and applicability are not clear • ABET is using IEEE program evaluators to travel to countries under US S.D. warning • These volunteers are NOT assigned by IEEE IEEE follow-up needed

  11. Conflict of Interest Supplying Consultants to programs outside the US • The issue is finally recognized • Several proposals were made on how to keep consultation separate from accreditation activities • Including a proposal to provide consultancy through the ABET Foundation IEEE follow-up needed

  12. INTAC report – Peru • INTAC reports on activities concerning ICACIT • The current direction taken by ICACIT is somewhat surprising • The exit strategy calls for a long time involvement of ABET (at least 6 years)

  13. Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) • Motion: “Approve the application of the Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) for admission as a Member Society of ABET” • Society has 4500 members • Grand Total of 2 programs (!) • “SFPE is not at this time proposing program criteria for fire protection engineering and technology programs, but fully intends to do so by the time of ratification as a member society within ABET or shortly thereafter.”

  14. Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) • IEEE objected to the addition to SFPE as a member of the ABET Board of Directors • We were the sole dissenters • BTW, INCOSE is now on the BoD • We did not ratify

  15. Accreditation Council 13.2 Changes to assessment definition • The item is “for information only” • However this is the first time that direct assessment is explicitly mentioned in the definition

  16. Other Issues • PAVE – to be covered by Arnie Peskin • Governance – To be covered by Arnie Peskin • New committee on accreditation of programs that use alternative delivery – Moshe Kam, Chair

  17. Final Observations • ABET continues to be led by officials who are elected from single-candidate slates • We will ask that at least several key positions be elected from a two-candidate slates • Including ABET officers IEEE follow-up needed

  18. Comments and Questions Discussion

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