• The Nuts and Bolts of NCATE Accreditation
    Dr. Donna Gollnick
    Senior Vice President, NCATE, Washington, DC
    Panel members will hear from the NCATE Senior vice-president about the NCATE process and its standards, what it is, how long it takes, what is required of all stakeholders and how NCATE operates as a performance based-data driven accreditation body whose primary objective is the positive impact on student learning.
  • The NCATE-MENA Proposed Collaborative
    Dr. Boyce Williams
    Accreditation Director for the Proposed MENA Collaborative, VP International Relations/MENA, NCATE
    Introduction to the project
  • ABET accreditation and the MENA region
    Dr. George Peterson, Executive Director, ABET, 1993-2010
    The immediate past Executive Director will speak on the accreditor's involvement in the MENA region, when it began, how it applies its standards, MOUs with other countries, reviewers, resources available, ‘goodness of fit' of its standards, readiness to pursue engineering accreditation.
    ABET, which has worked in the MENA region for several years, accredited several programs, and established Memoranda of Understanding with MENA countries.
  • Quality Assurance as a by-Product of Accreditation
    Dr. Abdullateef Haidar
    Ex-Dean, College of Education, UAE University
    Professor of Education, Sana'a University
    Issues related to forming partnerships and understanding to advance quality assurance through accreditation will be briefly highlighted.
  • Quality Assurance initiatives in the MENA Region
    MENA Quality Assurance Officials will address the purpose of the Quality Assurance Agency and the application of standards for accreditation and licensing of the institution and its programs.  Representative will also address the  process and how it prepared or is preparing for the review by the Council they will also refer to their status of building quality assurance in their country, goals for the country, strengths of the country that allow the building of a quality assurance system and challenges/obstacles facing towards building the goals.