Introduction

The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, (IEEE), is an international professional organization, with more than 330,000 individual members in 150 countries. The IEEE's Educational Activities Board, (EAB), coordinates the educational activities of education programs and participation in the accreditation of engineering and engineering technology programs for IEEE/ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc.).

ABET is a federation of 31 engineering, professional and technical societies and is solely recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to accredit programs in engineering technology within the United States. The IEEE, is the largest of ABET's societies. The Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) of ABET accredits engineering programs, and the Technology Accreditation Commission (TAC) of ABET accredits engineering technology programs. IEEE is responsible for approximately 709 engineering and engineering technology programs through ABET.

The IEEE EAB Accreditation Policy Council (APC) is responsible for developing IEEE policies, procedures and positions with regard to accreditation of engineering and engineering technology accreditation. The APC coordinates the activities of the EAB Committee on Accreditation Activities (CEAA). The CEAA is responsible for IEEE's participation in the accreditation activities of the EAC of ABET and the CTAA is responsible for the IEEE's participation in the accreditation activities of the TAC of ABET. The CEAA and CTAA carry out the selection, education, and assignment processes of qualified program evaluators for the IEEE EAB. Service as a Program Evaluator provides the opportunity for members of the profession to contribute to the achievement of high quality educational standards of engineering programs. These committees conduct training workshops for program evaluators, department chairs, deans and others interested in accreditation.

This CEAA Operations Manual describes the principal activities and administrative processes of the CEAA. It is intended to provide a guide for consistent application of practices and procedures by CEAA members. Continuous improvements will be made to this Operations Manual.