Conference Session

Status of CE Education: Today & Tomorrow

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James J O'Brien Jr., American Society of Civil Engineers; Ping Wei, American Society of Civil Engineers; Dion K. Coward, American Society of Civil Engineers

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

” representations of reality. As engineers, we want the most factual informationavailable to make informed decisions. This paper presents the civil and other engineeringeducation enrollment and degree data from 1969 to 2009.Formal Academic EducationAccreditationFormal accreditation of engineering programs within the US is conducted by ABET, Inc. ABETis a federation of 30 professional societies with an interest in accreditation of university degree-granting programs. As such, ABET is the recognized accreditor of college and universityprograms in engineering, technology, applied science, and computing. Further, most licensingjurisdictions within the US consider ABET accreditation as the “gold standard” for formalacademic education.For programs in civil