Title :
The new accreditation process in engineering education: learning from experiences elsewhere
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Eng., Cape Town Univ., Rondebosch, South Africa
fDate :
6/21/1905 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
During the past ten years, there has been a major shift globally in the approach to the accreditation of engineering degrees. The context and experience of these changes in the USA, SA and Australia are compared and tensions between the administrative and educational foci of the accreditation process are discussed
Keywords :
accreditation; engineering education; quality control; Australia; South Africa; USA; accreditation process; administrative focus; educational focus; engineering degrees; engineering education; experience; Accreditation; Africa; Australia; Cities and towns; Educational technology; Engineering education; Management training; Monitoring; Qualifications; Quality assurance;
Conference_Titel :
Africon, 1999 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Cape Town
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5546-6
DOI :
10.1109/AFRCON.1999.821956
