Conference Session

Reflections on the “Raise the Bar” Initiative (Part I) - Using a Decade of Experience to Chart the Future

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen J. Ressler, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

simplify their path to professional licensure in the U.S.In response to the deans’ opposition, CAP3 members prepared white papers and wrote articles inASEE Prism magazine, PE magazine (National Society of Professional Engineers), and theProceedings of the 2006 ASEE Annual Conference.12, 13,14 This campaign also gainedconsiderable credibility from the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Educating theEngineer of 2020 report, which explicitly recommended removal of the prohibition on dual-levelaccreditation.15 Ultimately, after an intensive ASCE lobbying effort, the ABET Board ofDirectors voted to remove the prohibition in March 2008, and the ABET Policies and ProceduresManual was amended accordingly. As a result of this policy change and the