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Forum on Proposed Revisions to ABET Engineering Accreditation Commission General Criteria on Student Outcomes and Curriculum (Criteria 3 and 5) A Workshop Summary (2016) / Chapter Skim
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Chapter 4 Specific Changes in Criteria Wording or Emphasis
Pages 15-18

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... Chapter 4 Specific Changes in Criteria Wording or Emphasis Successful engineering schools do more than simply provide students with the technical tools they will need in their careers. The best engineers are well rounded, with an understanding of the broader societal context in which their engineering solutions will operate and an ability to work with all sorts of people, including those from different disciplines and cultural backgrounds.
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... PROPOSED REVISIONS TO ABET ACCREDITATION CRITERIA Riley provided a historical overview of what engineering students have been expected to study beyond math, the physical sciences, and engineering. For nearly a century reports called for the broad education of engineers, and before the current ABET standards were in place engineering students were expected to have one year's worth of courses in the humanities and social sciences.
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... SPECIFIC CHANGES IN CRITERIA WORDING OR EMPHASIS Frank Flores (Northrop Grumman Aerospace) agreed that introduction to multidisciplinary teams is critical to engineering education -- and in terms of expertise not just in different engineering disciplines but also in nonengineering fields.
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... PROPOSED REVISIONS TO ABET ACCREDITATION CRITERIA campus in Qatar, where 42 percent of the engineering students are women: gender diversity is not as pressing an issue there as it is on many US campuses. Since ABET has a global presence, with accredited engineering programs around the world, Watson said, any diversity criteria must take into account the fact that diversity needs may vary significantly from place to place.
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