1. © Copyright CSAB 2007 CSAB, Inc. Report to IEEE EAB February 15, 2008 J. Fernando Naveda Member, CSAB BoD Vice-Chair, IEEE-CS EAB

2. ©Copyright CSAB, 2008 CSAB CSAB member societies: IEEE-CS, ACM, AIS CSAB is the lead society for computer science (CS), information systems (IS), software engineering (SwE), information technology (IT) programs CSAB is a cooperating society for computer engineering (CE) programs CS,IS, and IT accreditations are conducted by CAC of ABET SwE accreditations are conducted by EAC of ABET

3. ©Copyright CSAB, 2008 CSAB responsibilities Development of program criteria PEV selection Training of PEVs Assignment of PEVs Quality control Nomination of CAC commissioners Providing CSAB member societies with a forum for discussion of accreditation matters Representing CSAB member societies on the ABET Board

4. ©Copyright CSAB, 2008 CSAB/IEEE Cooperation Liaison between CEAA/APC and CSAB IEEE EAB VP participates in CSAB summit meetings Information exchange between CSAB and IEEE Directors to ABET

5. ©Copyright CSAB, 2008 Numbers of Accredited Computing Programs Computer Science230 Computer Engineering198 Information Systems23 Software Engineering15 Information Technology7

6. ©Copyright CSAB, 2008 5 Computing Programs Accredited by CAC and EAC

7. ©Copyright CSAB, 2008 Critical issues November 30, 2007 Page 6 Financial ABET financial issues l Since 2002, ABET assessments to CSAB increased by 38% l Continuing growth will result in a 3 rd CSAB Director to ABET in 2008 l Costs associated with participation project International issues International accreditation efforts Recruiting large numbers of new PEVs Increase in the number of accredited programs Retirement of first generation of PEVs Changes in training and mentoring Potential for new accreditation efforts Computational science