1. © Copyright CSAB 2015 August 2015 CSAB/ABET Update to the ACM Ed Council

2. © Copyright CSAB 2015 2  2014-15 ABET Visit Statistics  Update on draft changes to the CS/IS/IT ABET criteria  https://goo.gl/4BYd3Qhttps://goo.gl/4BYd3Q  IEEE-CS funding / governance issue Topics for Discussion

3. © Copyright CSAB 2015 112 programs 133 PEVs needed 202 qualified / unique PEVs available 3

4. © Copyright CSAB 2015 29 programs 40 PEVs needed 4

5. © Copyright CSAB 2015 5  See the “Straw Gamma” draft: https://goo.gl/4BYd3Qhttps://goo.gl/4BYd3Q  Impacts all three areas: CS, IT, IS  Was motivated by ACM CS2013 changes  Additions to the “curriculum criteria” are incremental  Implementation projected for 2018  Preceded by 2 years of review, comment, revision ABET Proposed Criteria Changes

6. © Copyright CSAB 2015 6  IEEE-CS proposed that IEEE fund all ABET activities  IEEE said “great idea”, BUT… “we’ll take over control of ABET accreditation activities as well”  Implication: “computing” accreditation would no longer be overseen by IEEE-CS  This is not what IEEE-CS had in mind; they now want to withdraw their original proposal  How might this impact ACM vis a vis ABET processes? IEEE-CS Funding / Governance Issues