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A COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF PROFESSIONAL ACCREDITATION BY ABET
FOR BACCALAUREATE ENGINEERING DEGREE PROGRAMS
by
Faye Sui Yee Yuen
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSlER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
Copyright 2012
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
May 20 1 2
Faye Sui Yee Yuen
Object Description
| Title | A cost benefit analysis of professional accreditation by ABET for baccalaureate engineering degree programs |
| Author | Yuen, Faye Sui Yee |
| Author email | fayeyuen@usc.edu;fayeyuen@alumni.usc.edu |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2012-03-05 |
| Date submitted | 2012-04-30 |
| Date approved | 2012-05-01 |
| Restricted until | 2012-05-01 |
| Date published | 2012-05-01 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Keim, Robert |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Yates, Kenneth Vazquez, Marcelo |
| Abstract | Tightening fiscal budgets and the growing emphasis on accountability has created a need to assess the value that programmatic accreditation provides. For degrees in engineering, ABET is the only organization recognized in the U.S. responsible for the programmatic accreditation. This research examines the costs and benefits of ABET accreditation to baccalaureate engineering programs in 4-year degree granting institutions. Engineering department heads, or a designee, completed an online survey containing Likert items, open-ended questions, and multiple-choice questions that addressed the costs and benefits of ABET accreditation. ❧ The greatest benefits in pursuing accreditation are the recognition and prestige programs receive and the increased career opportunities for graduates. The greatest costs are time, resources (human capital), and effort due to an over cumbersome process and ambiguous expectations. These factors likely cause programs to perceive the cost of ABET accreditation to slightly exceed the benefits. This research will further discuss the implications of the findings and propose areas for future research. |
| Keyword | accreditation; professional accreditation; engineering education; ABET; specialized accreditation |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m |
| Rights | Yuen, Faye Sui Yee |
| Access conditions | The author retains rights to his/her dissertation, thesis or other graduate work according to U.S. copyright law. Electronic access is being provided by the USC Libraries in agreement with the author, as the original true and official version of the work, but does not grant the reader permission to use the work if the desired use is covered by copyright. It is the author, as rights holder, who must provide use permission if such use is covered by copyright. The original signature page accompanying the original submission of the work to the USC Libraries is retained by the USC Libraries and a copy of it may be obtained by authorized requesters contacting the repository e-mail address given. |
| Repository name | University of Southern California Digital Library |
| Repository address | USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 7002, 106 University Village, Los Angeles, California 90089-7002, USA |
| Repository email | cisadmin@usc.edu |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume4/etd-YuenFayeSu-689-1.pdf |
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| Full text | A COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF PROFESSIONAL ACCREDITATION BY ABET FOR BACCALAUREATE ENGINEERING DEGREE PROGRAMS by Faye Sui Yee Yuen A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSlER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION Copyright 2012 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION May 20 1 2 Faye Sui Yee Yuen |
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