IEEE EAB Committee on Global Accreditation

Activities

Attendees of the 16 November Meeting

Jose Antonio de la O, CGAA ChairDave Baker, APC ChairChandrabhan Sharma, Deputy-Dean of Undergraduate Studies of

UWIDon McCloy, Engineers Ireland Enrique Alvarez, ICACIT Peru Ernesto Cuadros-Vargas, Universidad Catolica San Pablo, PeruMoshe Kam, Vice President, Educational Activities

Staff:Arnie PeskinDoug GorhamSharon Strock

Guests:Arthur WinstonS.K.RameshTed HisseyEleanor BaumSeiichi TakeuchiDavid HodgesMatt 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 (?)