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June 2008 (pdf)

Featuring:

InsideABET:
-Annual Meeting program announced.
-What's happening at ABET during summer break?

Assessment101:
The challenge of leadership.

VolunteerSpotlight:
Through rain or snow or sleet or hail...

 

May 2008 (pdf)

Featuring:

InsideABET:
Task group looks at non-traditional program delivery methods and their impact on quality assurance.

Assessment101:
Are expectations for assessment too prescriptive?

VolunteerSpotlight:
Carnegie Mellon's Larry Jones.

 

April 2008 (pdf)

Featuring:

InsideABET:
David K. Holger of Iowa State named 2008-09 President-Elect.

Assessment101:
Our grades are in....

 

 

March 2008 (pdf)

Featuring:

InsideABET:
-Update on the Partnership to Advance Volunteer Excellence (PAVE).
-ABET Industry Advisory Council welcomes new members.

Assessment101:
Program educational objectives vs. program outcomes.

VolunteerSpotlight:
Public Member Barbara Martin.

 

February 2008 (pdf)

Featuring:

InsideABET:
Dan Hodge, Associate Executive Director of Accreditation to retire.

Assessment101:
A self-assessment tool for programs.

VolunteerSpotlight:
Busy guy Kevin Taylor.

 

January 2008 (pdf)

Featuring:

InsideABET:
Computing accreditors take first step toward recognition agreement.

Assessment101:
Surveys and questionnaires: Do they measure up?

VolunteerSpotlight:
Jim Plasker: Appreciating ABET.

 

December 2007 (pdf)

Featuring:

InsideABET:
-
New volunteer competency models approved.
-INCOSE membership application approved.
-2008-2009 commission officers.

Assessment101:
Engaging faculty in assessment processes.

VolunteerSpotlight:
Dick Seagrave's great adventure.

 

November 2007 (pdf)

Featuring:

InsideABET:
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Five new Fellows of ABET.
-Three President's Award for Diversity recipients.
-New ABET officers and members of the Board.
-75th Anniversary Retrospective unveiled.

Assessment101:
Direct or indirect measures?

 
 

October 2007 (pdf)

Featuring:

VolunteerSpotlight:
John Prados: The kind of volunteer that organizations dream of.

Assessment101:
Calling all CQI examples.

InsideABET:
- First international accreditation visits take place this fall
.

 

September 2007 (pdf)

Featuring:

InsideABET:
- Commission Summit to focus on self-study preparation and more.

  - New fact sheet on the PAVE project.

Assessment101:
Gloria Rogers talks meaningless measurement.

VolunteerSpotlight:
Bill Sayle and Dave Baker take on a grand assignment.

 

June 2007 (pdf)

Featuring:

InsideABET:
- Incoming NAE President Charles Vest to speak at ABET Annual Meeting.

  - Past ABET President named to Women's Hall of Fame.

Assessment101:
Using classroom assessment to understand program assessment.

VolunteerSpotlight:
Dave Holger is working to improve the accreditation experience for all involved.

May 2007 (pdf)

Featuring:

InsideABET:
- 2007 Annual Meeting theme announced.

  - Renumbered criteria approved.

Assessment101:
Continuous quality improvement and program assessment of student learning.

VolunteerSpotlight:
Phil Borrowman helps lead ABET toward international accreditation.

 

April 2007 (pdf)

Featuring:

InsideABET:
- 2007-08 President-Elect named.

  - New Viewpoints published.

Assessment101:
- Got portfolios? Plus, answers to last month's quiz.

 

 
 
 

March 2007 (pdf)

Featuring:

InsideABET:
- MOU signed with Chilean accreditor.

  - Spring Board meeting to focus on strategic planning.

VolunteerSpotlight:
Daina Briedis has a flair for training.

Assessment101:
Take the quiz, and you may win a FREE registration for an ABET Faculty Workshop!

 
 

February 2007 (pdf)

Featuring:

InsideABET:
- Presidential priorities for 2007.

  - ABET to host International Engineering Meetings.

VolunteerSpotlight:
Bob Herrick works towards 'one ABET.'

Assessment101:
Sampling in assessment.

 
 

January 2007 (pdf)

Featuring:

InsideABET:
ABET turns 75.

VolunteerSpotlight:
Larry Kay helps PAVE the way for ABET volunteers.

Assessment101:
Gloria Rogers asks, "When is enough enough?"

 
 

December 2006 (pdf)

Featuring:

InsideABET:
New international news.

VolunteerSpotlight:
Al Ormsbee concludes his long history of service to ABET.

Assessment101:
Using course or test grades for program assessment.

 
 

November 2006 (pdf)

Featuring:

InsideABET:
 - Jerry R. Yeargan receives ABET's   highest honor.
 - Four new Fellows named.
 - 2006 President's Awards for Diversity presented.
 - New Board leadership installed.

 
 
 
 

October 2006 (pdf)

Featuring:

InsideABET:
PAVE Panning Meeting update.

VolunteerSpotlight:
Dennis George is an accreditation champion among the applied sciences.

Assessment101:
Rubrics: What are they good for anyway? Part II

 
 

September 2006 (pdf)

Featuring:

InsideABET:
Call for comments on dual-level engineering program accreditation.

VolunteerSpotlight:
Kay Schulz leads the Computing Accreditation Commission to a new record for timeliness.

Assessment101:
Rubrics: What are they good for anyway?

 
 

August 2006 (pdf)

Featuring:

VolunteerSpotlight:
IIE's Susan Schall is committed to improving program evaluator training.

InsideABET:
Report on the
 program evaluator training pilot

Assessment101:
Gloria Rogers sorts out the differences between direct and indirect assessments.

 
 

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2008 Commission Summit
Oct. 29


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Oct. 30-31

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