SOURCE: The Daily Tar Heel
POSTED BY: Emily Simmons on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013
-Richard Goldberg, director of Undergraduate Studies for Applied Sciences and Engineering, on the future national accreditation of the biomedical engineering program by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc. (ABET) (9/19/2013)
SOURCE: The Daily Tar Heel POSTED BY: Emily Simmons on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013
3 Comments
Emma
9/24/2013 08:58:06 am
Richard Goldberg's quote is, without a doubt, true. But it also leaves out the other far-reaching, positive results of accreditation. Recognition of the BME program as credible will, in turn, attract even more high caliber high school students to UNC, particularly those with their eyes set on engineering. These students will then be able contribute to the Carolina community with their skills and talents, and they will also grow the engineering culture here as a whole, potentially forming additional student groups or projects that center around BME and aligned interests. Accreditation could also bring new potential for grants and funding, allowing student and faculty projects to increase in number and scope.
James K
9/29/2013 01:07:30 am
This quotation, from the context of the BME department head discussing the accreditation process as an inefficient formality, is given ad oculos but also contains irony in its implied belittlement of the value of "credibility." However, accreditation can generally elevate the status of any program and thereby gain leverage for its constituents to benefit from greater funding, political support, and higher standards of admission — all things that generally raise the quality of an academic program.
Sarah Gray
10/1/2013 01:49:32 am
Having several friends in the BME program, I've seen first hand the caliber of students and the level of excellence already expected by professors in this program. The students are learning so much, getting wonderful experience, and being accepted into internships that will likely lead them to get jobs doing life-saving research. From what I've seen, the program and its students already have significant credibility, but if accreditation will increase that, and provide more resources and opportunities, then I fully support it. The work they are doing is too important to be limited by formalities. Leave a Reply. |