Is the USA set to dominate accreditation of engineering education and professional qualifications?

cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Water Management Instituteen
cg.contributor.crpWater, Land and Ecosystems
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1680/cien.12.00012en
cg.identifier.wlethemeDecision Analysis and Information
cg.issn1751-7672en
cg.issue1en
cg.journalProceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Civil Engineeringen
cg.volume166en
dc.contributor.authorAnwar, Arif A.en
dc.contributor.authorRichards, D.en
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-13T14:47:16Zen
dc.date.available2014-06-13T14:47:16Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/40256
dc.titleIs the USA set to dominate accreditation of engineering education and professional qualifications?en
dcterms.abstractThis paper examines mutual recognition of professional engineering qualifications and the globalisation of accreditation of engineering education by US organisation ABET. Scrutiny of the Washington Accord on mutual recognition and a recent attempt to gain ABET accreditation for a UK civil engineering degree programme highlights differences between ABET and the UK Engineering Council. The ambiguity of the Washington Accord also means it may be interpreted differently by signatories. It is suggested that ABET accreditation and the US professional engineer (PE) qualification may become the de-facto global standard due to lack of significant competition from the UK or Europe.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationAnwar, Arif; Richards, D. 2013. Is the USA set to dominate accreditation of engineering education and professional qualifications? Civil Engineering, 166(CE1):42-48. doi: https://doi.org/10.1680/cien.12.00012en
dcterms.extentpp. 42-48en
dcterms.issued2013-02
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherThomas Telford Ltd.en
dcterms.subjectknowledge managementen
dcterms.subjectengineeringen
dcterms.subjecteducationen
dcterms.subjecttrainingen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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