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Recommended Citation: Hilton, T S E, D A Johnson, and G M Kasper.  ABET Accreditation of MIS Programs in AACSB Schools.  In The Proceedings of the Information Systems Education Conference 2004, v 21 (Newport): §2422. ISSN: 1542-7382.
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ABET Accreditation of MIS Programs in AACSB Schools

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Refereed16 pages
Thomas S. E. Hilton    [a1] [a2]
MIS Department
University of Wisconsin Eau Claire    [u1] [u2]
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA    [c1] [c2]

Dale A. Johnson    [a1] [a2]
MIS Department
University of Wisconsin Eau Claire    [u1] [u2]
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA    [c1] [c2]

George M. Kasper    [a1] [a2]
School of Business
Virginia Commonwealth University    [u1] [u2]
Richmond, Virginia, USA    [c1] [c2]

The development of ABET/CAC accreditation standards for IS programs would appear to present an excellent opportunity for IS programs in AACSB-accredited business schools to improve their quality and credibility. A comparison of AACSB and ABET/CAC accreditation standards finds them to be generally quite compatible with one another. A survey of IS program leaders in AACSB-accredited business schools found familiarity with and interest in ABET/CAC standards to be just emerging. Although compliance with the ABET/CAC standards is evidently relatively high among most programs, understanding of potential benefits of accreditation is quite low. Also quite low is understanding of how colleagues might react to accreditation efforts.

Keywords: accreditation, Management Information Systems, MIS, IS curriculum, Association for the Advancement of Collegiate Schools of Business, AACSB, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, ABET, Computing Accreditation Commission, CAC

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