II. Accreditation Summary

A. Students

ABET Criterion 1: The quality and performance of the students and
graduates is an important consideration in the evaluation of an
engineering program. The institution must evaluate, advise, and
monitor students to determine its success in meeting program
objectives.  

Our students are of high quality and perform well in a
demanding curriculum.  

The average SAT/ACT scores for students admitted into our program last
year was ??? The average gpa of our students is ??? 

The student population is also fairly diverse, with about ???
percentage being women and minorities; talk a bit about the faculty
advisor for women and minorities, our acquiring industrial support in
the form of scholarships for qualified women and minority students.

Average time to complete the degree is ?? years. (Maybe 50 percent
graduate in 4 years or some- thing like that?) A fair percentage of
our students gain work experience and support their education through
participation in co-op programs and summer internships. (Any numbers
available to support these claims?) Our graduates are highly sought
after by major companies (talk a bit about average number of job
offers/graduate and maybe salaries offered?) At commencement, about ??
percent of those receiving the Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
& Engineering had ac- cepted employment and ?? percent committed to
attend graduate school. We should note that an important reason why
relatively few of our graduates go on to graduate school is the very
strong demand for them from industry.  

Evaluation of student performance is directly linked to our Program
Educational Objectives and Program Outcomes through the course syllabi
(APPENDIX ??: this is a reference to the course descriptions that we
are putting together for our courses). Students are advised and their
progress monitored by a professional full-time Academic Advisor
(Ms. Peg Steele) assisted by a Graduate Administrative Associate, and
by the faculty as described below: Summarize (the order of these items
needs to be rethought):

   o The process of initial admission to the major;

   o Assignment of faculty advisor;

   o Availability of advising office and faculty advisor as needed by student;

   o Do students have access to any one in the college? If so, describe 
     that here.

   o Annual audits (or whatever they are called).

   o Information about the program is available to the students in hardcopy 
     from the advising office, and also on the Department's web page 
     (provide address). Students can also have on-line access to 
     information about what requirements they still have to meet in order to
     complete their programs.

   o Copies of transcripts being available to the faculty advisors (and 
     anything else we set up);

   o Quarterly evaluation of students who are not making satisfactory 
     progress, putting them on probation and advising them of what they 
     need to do to get back in good standing, dismissing from the program 
     those who do poorly on a continuing basis; involved procedure for such
     students to get back into the program.

   o Final degree audits.

   o Any others?