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Engineering Change:
A Study of the Impact of EC2000

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ABET EC2000 Study

Engineering Change:
A Study of the Impact of EC2000

Are today's undergraduate engineering graduates better prepared to be engineers than those who graduated before the inauguration of EC2000?

The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) has commissioned a team of researchers at the Penn State Center for the Study of Higher Education to assess the impact of the EC2000 accreditation criteria on student learning outcomes (Criterion 3 a-k). The study will focus on seven engineering disciplines:

  • aerospace
  • chemical
  • civil
  • computer
  • electrical
  • industrial
  • mechanical

Forty Institutions participated in the project.



This research is guided by a National Advisory Board and is
endorsed by the following professional societies and organizations:

The Center for the Study of Higher Education
College of Education
Penn State University
400 Rackley Building
University Park, PA 16802-3203

Voice Phone:  814-865-6346
Fax:  814-865-3638  
email: EC2000@psu.edu

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
American Society of Civil Engineers
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
Institute of Industrial Engineers
American Society for Engineering Education

This project has been approved by the Penn State Office for Research Protections.

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