TimelineforImplementationofAssessmentActivities
TheprocessofassessmentbeginsalmostimmediatelyafterthereceiptoftheABETEngineering
AccreditationCommissionfinalreportandtherecommendations.ThelastABETvisitwasin
October2006.Preliminaryevaluationsandrecommendationswerereceivedshortlythereafter.
TheDepartmentassessmentactivitiesarebasedonpreparationforthenextABETvisitin2012,
asixͲyearcycle.Thusthetimelineisasixyearperiodandtheassessmentactivitiesareonthe
followingtimeline.
Year 2006Ͳ07
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Coursesurveys,Junior&Seniorsurveys,Seniorexitinterviews
2007Ͳ08
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2008Ͳ09
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AlloftheaboveplusEmployer&Alumnisurveys
2009Ͳ10
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Coursesurveys,Junior&Seniorsurveys,Seniorexitinterviews
2010Ͳ11
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2011Ͳ12
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AlloftheaboveplusEmployer&Alumnisurveys
Fall2012
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ABETvisit
AssessmentActivities
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Assessmentactivitiesincludeanalysisandevaluationofallsurveysandinterviewsastheyare
completed.Theresultsareevaluatedbythefacultyand,whenrelevant,presentedtothe
AdvisoryCouncil.AcomprehensiveevaluationisdoneandaselfͲstudyispreparedforthe
subsequentABETvisit,whichinthiscasewillbeduringFall2012.