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A Survey Study on the Performance of Accreditation Program for Engineering Education  

Sung, Jai-Mie (Industrial Management, Korea Univ. of Technology and Education)
Kang, Seung-Chan (Information Technology Engineering, Korea Univ. of Technology and Education)
Min, Dong-Kyun (Mechatronics Engineering, Korea Univ. of Technology and Education)
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Journal of Engineering Education Research / v.12, no.4, 2009 , pp. 102-114 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study investigates the performance of accreditation programs for engineering education in Korea using questionnaire. The survey includes workers who graduated the accreditation programs, supervisors of the workplace of the graduates, and professors or related persons of the universities. Overall the results shows that related three groups of individuals evaluates the program positively. The accreditation programs have positive effect on the labor market entrance and performances in the workplace estimated by earnings. Compared with major courses, courses of liberal arts and social science needs revision to have more positive response from graduates and employers. Also the program has to give more attention to strengthen the competencies related to professionals and ethics related with job, and adjustment in the work environment.
Keywords
Accreditation Program; Questionnaire Survey; Evaluation; Performance; Earnings;
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