Preparing for ABET accreditation in a Non-Western, Non-English speaking environment

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Zahed, Adnan ^a,b   Bafail, Abdullah ^a,b   Abdulaal, Reda ^a   Al Bahi, Ali ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; EDUCATION; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; LINGUISTICS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; STANDARDS; STUDENTS;

ABET ACCREDITATION; ASSURANCE MEASURES; CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENTS; EDUCATION SYSTEMS; ENGINEERING PROGRAM; FACULTY MEMBERS; PARADIGM SHIFTS; STUDENTS' LEARNING EXPERIENCES;

TEACHING;

EID: 85029078788     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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