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Participation in the accreditation process is a major responsibility of the IEEE. The IEEE Educational Activities Board (EAB) is responsible for carrying out the accreditation process with ABET (formerly, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc.) for engineering and engineering technology programs within the United States. ABET is a federation of 29 engineering, professional and technical societies and is recognized by the Council on Higher Education (CHEA) to accredit programs in engineering, engineering technology, computing science, and applied science programs within the United States. The IEEE is the largest Member society of ABET and is responsible for more than 750 engineering and engineering technology programs through ABET. The IEEE EAB also participates in international accreditation activities.
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The IEEE Role in Accreditation
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The IEEE EAB Accreditation Policy Council (APC) develops IEEE policies, procedures and positions with regard to the accreditation of engineering and engineering technology. The APC also coordinates the activities of
The CEAA is responsible for IEEE's participation in the accreditation activities of the Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) of ABET, which accredits engineering programs; and the CTAA is responsible for the IEEE's participation in the accreditation activities of the Technology Accreditation Commission (TAC) of ABET, which accredits engineering technology programs. This activity depends on the efforts of motivated and qualified program evaluators. The CEAA and CTAA carry out the selection, education, and program evaluator assignment processes for the IEEE EAB. The committees select qualified professionals from industry, government and academic sectors to serve as program evaluators to assist in accrediting engineering and engineering technology programs at U.S. colleges for the EAC and TAC of ABET. Service as an IEEE program evaluator, provides the opportunity for members of the profession to contribute to the achievement of high quality educational standards of engineering programs. The CEAA and CTAA conduct training workshops for program evaluators, department chairs, deans and others interested in accreditation. IEEE is the lead society for the following engineering and engineering technology programs:
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