Global Accreditation Activities IEEE EAB Committee on Global Accreditation Activities
Attendees of the 16 November Meeting Jose Antonio de la O, CGAA Chair Dave Baker, APC Chair Chandrabhan Sharma, Deputy-Dean of Undergraduate Studies of UWI Don McCloy, Engineers Ireland Enrique Alvarez, ICACIT Peru Ernesto Cuadros-Vargas, Universidad Catolica San Pablo, Peru Moshe Kam, Vice President, Educational Activities Staff: Arnie Peskin Doug Gorham Sharon Strock Guests: Arthur Winston S.K.Ramesh Ted Hissey Eleanor Baum Seiichi Takeuchi David Hodges Matt Loeb
Specific Activities accreditation.org launched ICACIT CAST West Indies Policy Papers First Professional Degree Accreditation Policy
accreditation.org Active for one week Goal is for this site to be the premiere online source on accreditation Invited others to contribute
ICACIT A model governance document was drafted Additional training of Program Evaluators 10-12 December 2007, Arequipa, Peru Spanish translation of ABET documents introduced program title ambiguities
Chinese Association for Science and Technology (CAST) Update: 19 October Meeting in Beijing Future Program Evaluator training planned April 2008 Request for outside observers
West Indies Update: 21-22 September accreditation workshop in Trinidad Provide assistance to establish a Caribbean accrediting body Proposed planning meeting San Juan, Puerto Rico in March 2008
First Professional Degree in Engineering Moshe characterized the responses to The Institute article CGAA endorsed EAD’s draft position on the issue
Accreditation Policy Paper The position paper on accreditation was reviewed and discussed CGAA endorsed the paper with minor amendment and clarification
Questions Posed Institution level vs. program accreditation Need for translation services To what extent should we support training ABET Western Europe Should we encourage invitation of foreign observers? Additional IEEE international accreditation opportunities
CGAA 2008 It is anticipated that the CGAA will have two face-to-face meetings in 2008 June BoD Series (?) November BoD Series (?)