Four Strategies to Integrate Assessment into the Engineering Educational Environment*

Integrating a process of assessment and continuous improvement into academic programs has become a major goal of every engineering educational institution in the United States. This paper draws upon extensive experience in the development and implementation of comprehensive educational assessment and continuous improvement programs in several universities associated with the National Science Foundation's Gateway Coalition for Undergraduate Engineering Education. Through a systems approach, this paper describes four integrated strategies designed to imbed assessment and continuous improvement in the educational environment.