ABET Accreditation and Diversity Claire L Felbinger Chair
ABET Accreditation and Diversity Claire L. Felbinger Chair, Public Member Committee ABET Board of Directors Diversity Summit Follow-up Washington, DC September 17, 2003
Evolution of Diversity at ABET § Industrial versus Academic § Impact of Public Membership § “New Business” Year after Year § The Public Members Challenge the Board “There are no gender-based laws of physics!” § ABET Leadership Responds
ABET by the Numbers (Percents) Commission Applied Science Computing Engineering Technology Total Percent Total N Ex. Commission New Members ‘ 03 -4 F M F M 0 23 20 0 13 4 100 77 80 100 87 30 15 21 16 10 15 16 85 79 84 90 85 93 0 38 14 25 19 7 100 62 86 75 81 29 “It is interesting to note that all the commissions have women commissioners with CAC having more than 20 % and [the remainder] having from 10 to 20%. ”
ABET: More Percentages Commission Ex. Com Indian/Asian Commission Indian/Asian Applied Science 0 0 Computing 0 0 Engineering 0 6 Technology 0 3 Total Percentage Number 0 34 4 104
ABET Diversity Task Force Concerns Preliminary Draft Considerations § Educational institutions and industry are more diverse § The face presented by ABET to the educational community is the composition of its evaluation teams (and Board and Commissions) § ABET’s credibility will be enhanced with respect to educational institutions, industry, and government when their volunteer structure reflects the changing environment § Primary dimensions of diversity – age, ethnicity, gender, race, sexual orientation § Secondary dimensions – industry, academia, educational background, professional experience, accreditation experience, professional registration
Accreditation and Diversity § Board and Commission Composition The fault of engineering societies? § Site Visit Team Composition The fault of engineering societies? § Role of new guidelines under EC-2000 and the equivalents in other commissions – Curriculum designs more sensitive to experiences and learning styles of more diverse students – Attention to the social, economic, political implications of engineering decisions – Criteria still challenged by professional engineering associations
ABET Accreditation and Diversity Claire L. Felbinger Chair, Public Member Committee ABET Board of Directors Diversity Summit Follow-up Washington, DC September 17, 2003
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