The report should define more model curricula, with particular emphasis on the diverse nature of educational resources, systems, and requirements at different academic departments throughout the world. Several of the earlier reports, particularly those that preceded CC1991, have focused too heavily on the curricular needs of academic computer science programs in four-year colleges and universities in the United States. Computing today is taught under many different names in a wide variety of institutions throughout the world. Respondents to our survey felt strongly that our revised report should serve a broad community. Curriculum reports should pay greater attention to accreditation criteria for both computer science and computing engineering programs.
Accreditation is an important issue for many survey respondents in the United States.
Under the new guidelines, programs will be allowed much greater flexibility than they have enjoyed in the past but must provide a coherent rationale for their curriculum and demonstrate that it meets its stated goals. This report is designed not only to help institutions design their computing curriculum but also to assist them in the preparation of the underlying rationale they need to meet the new accreditation criteria. We also hope that this report will prove useful to accreditation bodies in other parts of the world. This report is a working draft and does not yet carry any endorsement from the sponsoring organizations.