Aiding and ABETing: The bankruptcy of outcomes-based education as a change strategy

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Riley, Donna M ^a  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; EDUCATION; EDUCATION COMPUTING; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS; ENGINEERING CLASSROOMS; ENGINEERING CRITERION; ENGINEERING PROGRAM; INCREMENTAL CHANGES; LIBERAL EDUCATION; LIFE LONG LEARNING; UNDER-REPRESENTED GROUPS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 85029024622     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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