Collection

2008 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Rebeca G. Book

different inputs, it is sometimes hard to accommodate allsuggestions for coursework because of the number of credit hours and still be able to keep theprogram as a four-year program. Advisory council members advise and give their input to whatis important for industry needs and may even suggest that some courses be eliminated orreplaced.AccomplishmentsThe advisory council has done assessments of the plastics program for ABET and has also donebenchmarking for the program to see what courses should be included or changed. Oneparticular accomplishment for giving input was on the senior project/capstone class and whatshould be included. Another example of their input and involvement was writing letters andtalking with university administration to