The department extends appreciation to many of you external to the university who contributed information that supported us in this endeavor. We were fortunate to receive a very experienced team with the IE representative being a department chair from a prominent university. The members complimented us on the quality of evidentiary documentation that the faculty created that re-sulted in encouraging information as presented in the exit interviews and the preliminary report. Several of the sug-gestions that we received have already been implemented to improve our program. We anticipate a positive final con-clusion by ABET at their annual meeting that is conducted in July.
Accreditation is important to our programs.
It not only serves as an external validation of our programs but also provides us with a process to review our own status and standards. The major benefit that we derive from this process is improved quality of our education and services.