Accreditation: Preparing the Self-Study 2011-2012 for Technology (TAC)

Launch WebinarFall 2010
Track: Accreditation Cost: FREE Presenter: Warren Hill, D. Eng.

You can download the slides used during the webinar (PDF) for use during the presentation or as a stand-alone summary.

Topics covered in this webinar include:

Self-Study Basics and Context

  • Objective
  • Audience
  • Organization
  • Types of responses
  • Time frame for responses

The Preparaton Activity

  • Timetable
  • Following and distributing the template
  • Reporting program changes
  • Questions that arise during the process
  • Review before submitting

Sample Reporting Elements

  • Faculty
  • Curriculum

 

Presenter Biography

Hill

Warren R. Hill, Dr. of Engineering, Professor of Electronics Engineering Technology; Dean of the College of Applied Science and Technology, Weber State University

Warren Hill is currently professor of Electronics Engineering Technology and Dean of the College of Applied Science and Technology at Weber State University, a position he has held since July, 1990. Prior to that, he was department chair for Engineering Technology at the University of Southern Colorado for three years, as well as teaching electronics engineering technology there for nine years.

Hill has made a total of 25 accreditation visits for ABET as well as serving for five years as a commissioner on the Technology Accreditation Commission and for four years as a member of the Executive Committee of TAC. He is currently chair of the Commission. He also chaired the committee that rewrote the guidelines for the ABET Self-Study as a part of the harmonized criteria for each of the commissions.

Hill holds a BSEE and MSEE from the University of Nebraska and Wayne State University, respectively, and Doctor of Engineering degree from the University of Detroit.

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