CC&A REPORT ON ABET ACTIVITIES

1. CC&A REPORTONABET ACTIVITIES

2. CC&A is an acronym for Committee on Curriculum and Accreditation

3. CC&A is a subcommittee of the ASCE Educational Activities Committee (EdAC)

4. Our CC&A duties include: Management of ASCE ABET Program Evaluators (PEV’s) which includes: • Reviewing PEV reports; • Reviewing PEV evaluations by Team Chairs, team members, and visited programs; • Assigning PEV’s to visits; • Providing PEV guidance in • our annual Directions Newsletter, • visit and report guidelines, and the • ABET Program Criteria Commentary posted on the ASCE web site; and • Responding to PEV questions about ABET criteria.

5. Our duties also include: Drafting ABET Program Criteria for ASCE approval; Responding to accreditation issues raised by EdAC; Nominating new CC&A members for EdAC approval; Recommending new ABET Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) members for EdAC and ASCE approval; and Recommending new ABET Board of Directors members for EdAC and ASCE approval.

6. Our voting members include: Jim Nau – Chair - North Carolina – Educator – 2010 Bill Highter – Massachusetts – Educator – 2012 Rick Lyles – Michigan – Educator – 2011 Clarence Waters – Nebraska – Educator – 2013 Bill Espey – Texas – Practitioner - 2013 David Hubly – Colorado - Practitioner – 2011 Steve Shelton – New Mexico – Practitioner - 2012 Keith Dunbar – California – Practitioner - 2010

7. Our ex-officio members include: Lorraine Fleming – EdAC liaison Phil Smith – EAC liaison Dennis Fallon – ASEE liaison Robert Mullen – Department Heads Council liaison Our ASCE staff support is: Dion Coward

8. CC&A provides PEV’s for: Civil Engineering; Architectural Engineering Construction Engineering

9. In 2008-2009 we provided PEV’s for: 6 Architectural Engineering programs 3 Construction Engineering programs 58 eight Civil Engineering programs

10. The 2008-2009 visits included: 6 international programs 61 US programs

11. In 2009 we have requests for: 16 international visits 36 US visits.

12. In 2009 we are assigning PEV’s for: 5 Architectural Engineering programs 5 Construction Engineering programs 42 Civil Engineering programs.

13. Meaning of Accreditation Actions

14. NGR – Next General Review in 6 years IR – Interim Report – focused report in 2 years IV – Interim Visit – focused visit in 2 years RE – Report Extended – to NGR VE – Visit Extended – to NGR SC – Show Cause – comprehensive visit 2 years may result in NA NA – Not to Accredit

15. CE PEV Recommendations for 2007-2008 Visits 14 NGR’s (Next General Review) 24 IR’s (Interim Reports) 5 IV’s (Interim Visits) 1 RE’s (Report Extended) 1 VE’s (Visit Extended) 0 SC’s (Show Cause) 1 NA (Not to Accredit)

16. CE PEV Recommendations for 2008-2009 Visits 26 NGR’s (Next General Review) 31 IR’s (Interim Reports) 4 IV’s (Interim Visits) 0 RE’s (Report Extended) 1 VE’s (Visit Extended) 0 SC’s (Show Cause) 0 NA (Not to Accredit)

17. Short Comings

18. Deficiency A deficiency indicates that a criterion, policy, or procedure is not satisfied. Therefore, the program is not in compliance with the criterion, policy, or procedure. Usually results in a SC accreditation action

19. Weakness A weakness indicates that a program lacks the strength of compliance with a criterion, policy, or procedure to ensure that the quality of the program will not be compromised. Therefore, remedial action is required to strengthen compliance with the criterion, policy, or procedure prior to the next evaluation. Usually results in an IR or an IV accreditation action

20. Concern A concern indicates that a program currently satisfies a criterion, policy, or procedure; however, the potential exists for the situation to change such that the criterion, policy, or procedure may not be satisfied. Usually does not affect accreditation action.

21. Our review of the 2008 PEV reports revealed several shortcomings occurring more than once. Here are a few of those shortcomings.

22. Criterion 1. Students *** *** The program must also have and enforce procedures to assure that all students meet all program requirements.

23. Several programs did not satisfy Criterion 1 because the transcript analyses revealed one or more of their graduates did not satisfy their published program requirements for: Minimum Math and Basic Science credit hours; Minimum Engineering Topics credit hours; Pre-requisites; and/or Minimum total credit hours.

24. Please note: this criterion refers to program requirements, not ABET requirements. Program requirements are those published in your web sites, catalog, and/or bulletins.

25. Criterion 2. Program Educational Objectives ABET’s definition of PEO’s is: Program Educational Objectives – Program educational objectives are broad statements that describe the career and professional accomplishments that the program is preparing graduates to achieve.

26. Some programs still list Program Outcomes as Program Educational Objectives. PEV’s usually look for objectives defined as milestones for engineers advancing in their careers.

27. Here are examples of such milestones; the percentage of graduates: • graduates licensed after five years • attending graduate school • having earned a graduate degree • working as project managers • etc.

28. Criterion 9. Program Criteria 1. Curriculum The … one additional area of science, … design a system, component, or process in more than one civil engineering context; … basic concepts in management, business, public policy, and leadership; ….

29. “one additional area of science” A few programs interpreted the “one additional area of science” to include engineering science or computer science. CC&A modified our commentary to clarify that we intended this new criterion to include only basic sciences such as geology, biology, etc..

30. “design a system, component, or process in more than one civil engineering context” This criterion requires graduates to demonstrate the ability to design in two or more of the civil engineering sub-disciplines

31. “basic concepts in management, business, public policy, and leadership” Our commentary defines three management activities important for practicing civil engineers: Project Management Construction Management Asset Management

32. Project management Basic concepts in project management include project manager responsibilities, defining and meeting client requirements, risk assessment and management, stakeholder identification and involvement, contract negotiation, project work plans, scope and deliverables, budget and schedule preparation and monitoring, interaction among engineering and other disciplines, quality assurance and quality control, and dispute resolution processes.

33. Construction management Basic concepts in construction management include owner-engineer-contractor relationships; project delivery systems (e.g., design-bid-build, design-build); estimating construction costs; bidding by contractors; labor and labor management issues; and construction processes, methods, systems, equipment, planning, scheduling, safety, cost analysis, and cost control.

34. Asset management Asset management seeks effective and efficient long-term ownership of capital facilities via systematic acquisition, operation, maintenance, preservation, replacement, and disposition. Basic concepts include optimizing life-cycle performance, minimizing life-cycle costs, achieving maximum stakeholder benefit, and the use of tools and techniques such as design innovations, new construction technologies, materials improvements, geo-mapping, database management, value assessment, performance models, web-based communication, and cost accounting.

35. Our commentary concludes with: It is not necessary for the program to offer one or more courses explicitly devoted to management, business, public policy, or leadership. Rather, management topics may be integrated into other courses or curricular experiences.

36. After the Visit - Due Process Seven day response Ninety day response New evidence

37. Accreditation result is not final until mid-July following your visit.

38. Proposed Criteria Changes Revised Construction Engineering Program Criteria Harmonization

39. Questions???

40. Thank you