A Process-Based Approach to ABET Accreditation: A Case Study of a Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics Program

Autor/inn/en	Almuhaideb, Abdullah M.; Saeed, Saqib
Titel	A Process-Based Approach to ABET Accreditation: A Case Study of a Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics Program
Quelle	In: Journal of Information Systems Education, 32 (2021) 2, S.119-133 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1055-3096
Schlagwörter	Engineering Education; Accreditation (Institutions); Computer Security; Crime; Educational Quality; Higher Education; Quality Assurance; Bachelors Degrees; Case Studies; Foreign Countries; Computer Science Education; Saudi Arabia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ingenieurausbildung; Accreditation; Institution; Institutions; Akkreditierung; Staatliche Anerkennung; Institut; Computervirus; Computersicherheit; Crimes; Delict; Delicts; Delikt; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Qualitätssicherung; 'Bachelor''s degrees'; Bachelor-Studiengang; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Ausland; Computer science lessons; Informatikunterricht; Saudi-Arabien
Abstract	ABET accreditation has become a well-known standard for academic programs not only in the U.S. but also across the globe. Instantiating the processes to systematically improve the quality of programs is a daunting task for higher education institutions. In this contribution, we provide a detailed process-based framework that can assist aspiring institutions to embed quality in their processes leading to ABET accreditation. Our contribution is a novel framework for a process-based approach to quality assurance, as most of the published literature is primarily concerned with the experience of ABET accreditation of a solitary program. However, in this paper, we have presented a generic framework that ABET aspiring programs can instantiate in their preparation for ABET accreditation. We have validated these processes in our successful ABET accreditation application of the Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics program. Our existing ABET-accredited programs were following old ABET criteria and the Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics program must apply based on the new criteria proposed by ABET. Another novelty of our contribution is that it is based on our work for the first application cycle for ABET cybersecurity-related programs, so the findings of our contribution may assist other aspiring cybersecurity related academic programs to well prepare in their ABET accreditation pursuits. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Journal of Information Systems Education. e-mail: editor@jise.org; Web site: http://www.jise.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01