IEEE Committee on Engineering Education Activities
Purpose
This process describes the methodology that will be
employed to select candidates for At-Large
membership of the IEEE Committee on Engineering
Accreditation Activities (CEAA), to evaluate the
qualifications of the candidates, and the election
of candidates to be recommended to the IEEE
Educational Activities Board (EAB) for membership.
Objectives
The objectives of this process are to ensure that:
- Qualified individuals are selected for At-Large
CEAA membership.
- IEEE constituencies are fairly represented.
- Diversity of membership is achieved and
maintained.
Process Owner
This process is owned and maintained by the
Chairperson of the CEAA, who is responsible for its
on-going implementation.
Process
- A Nominating Committee is appointed by the CEAA
Chairperson. Members of the committee may be
chosen from the At-Large and Ex-Officio
membership of the CEAA. The committee consists
of four members, one of which will serve as
Chairperson. Two members of the committee are to
be from the academic membership of the CEAA and
two members from the industry/government
membership of the CEAA. This committee is
appointed no later than the CEAA meeting prior
to the actual presentation of candidates to the
CEAA membership and the election itself.
- The Nominating Committee considers the
following qualifications in the selection of
potential candidates:
- Record as EAC program evaluator.
- Knowledge of the academy and the ability to
represent the academic community.
- Demonstrated leadership abilities.
- Knowledge of engineering practice and the
ability to represent engineering
practitioners.
- Knowledge of the engineering accreditation
criteria.
- Ability to devote time to perform required
CEAA activities.
- The Nominating Committee
identifies candidates for consideration.
Candidates are chosen so as to allow the CEAA to
represent its academic and industry/government
constituencies in a balanced manner and to
achieve and maintain diversity within its
regular (officer and at-large) and ex
officio membership.
- The Nominating Committee
provides a one-page summary of qualifications
for the position. For each candidate recommended
for election, this summary should include the
following information:
- Academic background (degrees, dates,
institutions).
- Service as IEEE program evaluator
(institutions visited, program names, dates,
evaluation performance data).
- Evidence of leadership experience.
- IEEE constituencies the candidate would
well-represent.
- For academic candidates, evidence of
understanding of, and preferably experience
in, engineering practice.
- For industry/government nominees, evidence
of understanding of the academy.
- The Chair of the
Nominating Committee distributes the summary of
qualifications to all voting members of the CEAA
no later than one (1) month prior to the meeting
at which the election will be held.
- Prior to the election,
any member of the CEAA has the opportunity to
submit additional nominations for any pending
vacancy among the At-Large membership of the
CEAA. The candidacy of any other individual so
nominated must be supported by a one-page
summary of qualifications (as described in Item
4) which must be presented to all voting members
of the CEAA prior to the election.
- The election is normally
held at the Winter meeting of the CEAA. Only
candidates who have been nominated according to
the prescribed process are considered for
election. The CEAA may choose to elect and
prioritize alternate members who will be
considered fully elected in the event that one
or more of the primary electees declines
membership.
- The Chairperson of the
Nominating Committee notifies the electees to
determine their interest in serving as CEAA
At-Large members. Candidates who are unable to
serve will be dropped from further consideration
in the current election cycle.
- The final slate of
elected candidates is forwarded to the IEEE
Educational Activities Board for confirmation.
- At-Large members of the
CEAA serve a five (5) year term, which is not
renewable. The term of membership begins at the
next meeting after the one at which the member
is proposed for membership by the CEAA. The term
expires in August of the fifth year following
the year containing the CEAA meeting at which
the member is proposed for membership. (For
example: proposed at CEAA meeting of January
2000: term expires August 2005.)
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