LTU ECE CQI formerly ABET Updates

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LTU ECE CQI formerly ABETUpdates

• September 10, 2004
• LTU/ECE

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Quick Review Visit -October 25-26

• ABET is the Accreditation Board for Engineering
  and Technology, Inc.
• The website www.abet.org
• The new format is state what you do, and then
  make sure you are doing it.
• Our mission statement
• Mission is to graduate students in ECE that
• possess problem solving and critical judgment
  skills needed to be competent citizens in an ever
  increasingly technological society.
• able to undertake entry-level electrical
  engineering projects
• are capable of growing in competence and
  responsibility
• are prepared to undertake graduate study

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Update/Details

• Self-Study report is posted on website.
• Productive Monthly Meetings addressing hot issues
  for ECE
• Loop Closing procedure
• Identify and assess stakeholders
• Faculty analyze data with Excel or other tool
• Faculty propose and evaluate action plan

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5 Identified LTU/ECE Stakeholders

• Students
• Faculty
• Industrial Advisory board
• Alumni
• Employers
• All stakeholders have had at least one assessment
  cycle, and the students have had 6 cycles

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Big Issue

• We added three credits of Entrepreneurial
  content to both programs EE/CompE
• The courses 1 credit Project Management, 1
  credit Business Plans, 1 elective credit
• We would like to add an Entrepreneurial outcome
  to both programs
• STRAW OUTCOME

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Questions?

• Relevant websites
• http//www.abet.org
• http//www3.ltu.edu/anneberg
• http//www.ieee.org
• http//www.ltu.edu