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ABET Global Engagement 1 ABET Global Engagement Dr. Joe Sussman ASME Education Leadership Summit March 2014 Copyright © 2014 by ABET 2 ABET’s Global Activities Consistent with ABET’s Constituents • Students/Young Professionals: Increasingly multicultural and mobile • ABET Member Societies: Nearly all have international membership/chapters • Higher Education: Trend toward establishing international campuses, distance learning • Employers: U.S. industry increasing its global presence Copyright © 2014 by ABET 3 ABET IS Engaged Globally Consistent with ABET’s Mission and Vision • Accredits programs outside the U.S. • Cooperation: MOUs with 17 national agencies • Mutual Recognition Agreements . Engineers Canada . International Engineering Alliance (IEA) . Seoul Accord • Membership in Global Organizations . Global Engineering Deans Council (GEDC) . Intl Federation of Engineering Education Societies (IFEES) Copyright © 2014 by ABET 4 Global Accreditation Activities As of 1 October 2013 • Accredited 3,367 programs at 684 colleges and universities in 24 countries • Non-U.S. Programs . Accredited 365 programs at 72 institutions in 23 countries . Uniform accreditation criteria, policies and procedures used for all visits, regardless of location Copyright © 2014 by ABET 5 Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) • Between ABET and accreditation agencies/higher education organizations outside the US • Collaborate on issues relating to technical education and accreditation activities • Assist in the development of quality assurance systems Copyright © 2014 by ABET 6 MOUs • UNESCO-Latin America (1994) • Taiwan-IEET (2004) • Argentina-CONEAU (l997) • Korea-ABEEK (2005) • France-CTI (1998) • Israel-CHEI (2006) • Japan-JABEE (2000) • Germany-ASIIN (2001) • Chile-Acredita CI (2007) • Portugal-OE (2001) • Egypt-NAQAAE (2008) • Western Hemisphere Initiative - ABET, CACEI, CEAB, CCPE • Spain-ACAP (2008) (2002) • Caribbean-GCREAS (2009) • Peru-ICACIT (2003) • Central America – ACAAI (2012) • China – CAST (2013) Copyright © 2014 by ABET 7 Mutual Recognition Agreements • International agreement . Among bodies responsible for accrediting technical degree programs • Recognizes “substantial equivalency” . Of accrediting systems • Graduates of accredited programs are prepared to practice engineering at the entry level of the profession. Copyright © 2014 by ABET 8 International Engineering Alliance • Washington Accord* . Engineering • Sydney Accord* . Engineering Technology * ABET is a signatory. • Dublin Accord* . Engineering Technician • APEC Engineer Agreement . Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation • Engineers Mobility Forum . Professional Engineers Register • Engineering Technologist Forum Copyright © 2014 by ABET 9 Washington Accord Engineering • ABET: U.S. (1989) • IEAust: Australia (1989) • CEAB: Canada (1989) • IEI: Ireland (1989) • IPENZ: New Zealand (1989) • EngC: UK (1989) • HKIE: Hong Kong (1995) • ECSA: South Africa (1999) • JABEE: Japan (2005) • IES: Singapore (2006) • IEET: Chinese Taipei (2007) • ABEEK: South Korea (2007) • BEM: Malaysia (2009) • MUDEK: Turkey (2011) • AEER: Russia (2012) Copyright © 2014 by ABET 10 Mutual Recognition Agreements • Periodic review of assessment processes . For every member organization . Every 6th year . Self-Study Report + observer teams • Campus evaluations, decision meetings • Signatories’ website lists recognized programs • Graduate attributes . Exemplars for graduates of accredited programs (next slide) Copyright © 2014 by ABET 11 Washington Accord Global Graduate Attributes • Engineering • Environment and Knowledge Sustainability • Problem Analysis • Ethics • Design/Development • Individual and of Solutions Teamwork • Investigation & • Communication Experimentation • Project Management • Modern Tool Usage and Finance • The Engineer and • Lifelong Learning Society Copyright © 2014 by ABET 12 Mutual Recognition Agreements Sydney Accord (Engineering Technologist) • Sydney Accord . Australia – IEAust . Canada – CEAB . Hong Kong China – HKIE . Ireland – IEI . New Zealand – IPENZ . South Africa – ECSA . United Kingdom – EngC . United States – ABET Copyright © 2014 by ABET 13 Mutual Recognition Agreements Dublin Accord (Engineering Technicians) • Dublin Accord . Australia – IEAust . Canada – CEAB . Ireland – IEI . South Korea – ABEEK . New Zealand – IPENZ . South Africa – ECSA . United Kingdom – EngC . United States – ABET Copyright © 2014 by ABET 14 Mutual Recognition Agreements Seoul Accord (Computing) • Seoul Accord . Australia – ACS . Canada – CIPS . Chinese Taipei – IEET . Hong Kong China – HKIE . Japan – JABEE . South Korea – ABEEK . United Kingdom – BCS . United States – ABET Copyright © 2014 by ABET.
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