Engineering Council for Professional Development

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accrediting organization nonprofit organization

The Engineering Council for Professional Development was the original name of ABET, the U.S.-based nonprofit organization that accredits college and university programs in applied and natural science, computing, engineering, and engineering technology.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
ABET	0
Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology	0
Engineers' Council for Professional Development	1

Statements (32)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	accrediting organization ⓘ nonprofit organization ⓘ
activity	program accreditation ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	ECPD ⓘ
basedIn	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
field	applied science education ⓘ computing education ⓘ engineering education ⓘ engineering technology education ⓘ natural science education ⓘ
focus	professional development in engineering ⓘ standards for engineering education ⓘ
formerName	Engineering Council for Professional Development self-linksurface differs ⓘ
hasSuccessor	Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology ⓘ
historicalRole	predecessor of ABET ⓘ
industry	education quality assurance ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
nonprofitStatus	nonprofit ⓘ
organizationType	professional council ⓘ
originalNameOf	Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology ⓘ surface form: ABET
purpose	accreditation of college and university programs ⓘ
regionServed	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
regulates	standards for accredited engineering programs ⓘ
scopeOfAccreditation	applied science programs ⓘ computing programs ⓘ engineering programs ⓘ engineering technology programs ⓘ natural science programs ⓘ
sectorServed	higher education ⓘ
shortName	Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology ⓘ surface form: ABET
successorOrganization	Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology ⓘ surface form: ABET

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Engineering Council for Professional Development → formerName → Engineering Council for Professional Development self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: ABET

Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology → formerName → Engineering Council for Professional Development ⓘ

this entity surface form: Engineers' Council for Professional Development

ABET (for chemical engineering programs) → foundedAs → Engineering Council for Professional Development ⓘ

subject surface form: ABET