MEETING OF ABET COORDINATORS

Thursday, December 16, 1999

11:00 AM, 355 Loew Hall

Attendees

Richard Christie (EE); Janice Henderson (Dean's Office); Michael Jenkins (ME); Molly Johnson (CELT); Greg Miller (C&EE); Lorena McLaren (Co-op); Carolyn Plumb (TC); Jenny Seller (CSE); Mani Soma, Associate Dean.

Discussion

1. Michael Jenkins presented the Mechanical Engineering self-study. ME is documenting their ABET process to show that they are going through a continual process. ME has filled out as much of the self-study as possible. To get a copy of ME's ABET EC2000 accreditation procedure, please send e-mail to Michael Jenkins at jenkinsm@u.washington.edu.
2. There was some discussion about how to identify work with constituents (citizens of Washington State). The importance of external definition can be decided by each department. Examples of constituents are the Visiting Committee and industry.
3. Richard Christie talked about using course evaluations to do course assessments. He feels that student improvement should be measured rather than measuring if the course material is being taught. The group at this meeting voted in favor of analog measurement rather than binary. The vote was 5 for analog and 2 for binary. Suggestions were made to change the phrasing. A small group stayed after the meeting to work with Molly Johnson on appropriate phrasing.

Action Items

• The group agreed with Molly Johnson's suggestion to re-run Barbara Olds workshop on assessment and to facilitate teams. Molly will send out a request for dates.
• There was discussion about using the NW Regional Roundtable alumni surveys. This survey is common across the state. It is a very general-type survey, and probably won't work for departmental assessments. AA and CSE do an organized alumni survey.

Meeting Adjourned.

Minutes prepared by Janice Henderson