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ACM Education Council. September 16, 2011. CSAB. The only ABET member society for computing accreditation A federation of ACM and IEEE-CS Lead society for computer science, information systems, information technology and software engineering
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ACM Education Council September 16, 2011
CSAB • The only ABET member society for computing accreditation • A federation of ACM and IEEE-CS • Lead society for computer science, information systems, information technology and software engineering • Computer Science, Information Systems and Information Technology accreditation is granted by the Computing Accreditation Commission (CAC) • Software Engineering accreditation is granted by the Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) • Cooperating society for biological engineering (EAC), computer engineering (EAC) and information engineering technology (TAC)
CSAB History • 1985 – CSAB Incorporated; formed by ACM and IEEE-CS • 1986 – First CS programs • 2000 – CSAB joined ABET • CSAC became CAC • 2002 – IS accreditation • 2005 – IT accreditation
CSAB Membership and Responsibilities • 8 member board • 8 society-appointed board members • Past-president • Executive Director • Only staff person • Responsibilities include • Develop program criteria and recommend general criteria • Recruitment, selection, training, assignment and quality assurance of program evaluators • Recommend CAC commissioners • Appoint ABET Board members
2011 Visit Statistics • 93 programs to be visited requiring 119 program evaluators: • 65 CS • 2 General • 14 IS • 7 IT • 6 SwE (IRs not included)
www.csab.org/pev.htm Program Evaluators Needed! • Number of programs seeking accreditation continues to grow. • Growth of programs is outpacing growth of evaluator pool. • Peer-review process requires peers—every accredited program should have a CSAB program evaluator within. Benefits the program and accreditation process alike.
Institutional Workshops Return • Look for CSAB at SIGCSE 2012!
CSAB Fellows 2011 • Henry Bauer • Gayle Yaverbaum For their outstanding contributions to the computing profession and to computing education.