Ray, V. M., & White, J. W., & Koo, D. D. (2014, June), Program Accreditation: Developing a Methodology to Retrieve and Maintain Relevant Data for Course Improvement and Provide an Assessment Process Which Closes the Loop  Paper presented at 2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Indianapolis, Indiana. 10.18260/1-2--22943

\bibitem{asee_peer_22943}
  Ray, V. M., \& White, J. W., \& Koo, D. D. (2014, June), \emph{Program Accreditation: Developing a Methodology to Retrieve and Maintain Relevant Data for Course Improvement and Provide an Assessment Process Which Closes the Loop}
  Paper presented at 2014 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Indianapolis, Indiana.
  10.18260/1-2--22943

Veto Matthew Ray, J. William White, and Dan D. Koo.  "Program Accreditation: Developing a Methodology to Retrieve and Maintain Relevant Data for Course Improvement and Provide an Assessment Process Which Closes the Loop".  2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2014, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2014.  https://peer.asee.org/22943 Internet.  19 Jun, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_22943}
  Veto Matthew Ray, J. William White, and Dan D. Koo.
  "Program Accreditation: Developing a Methodology to Retrieve and Maintain Relevant Data for Course Improvement and Provide an Assessment Process Which Closes the Loop".
  \emph{2014 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2014, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2014.
  https://peer.asee.org/22943 Internet.  19 Jun, 2024

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