The New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) Bachelor of Sciencein Engineering Technology (BSET) program is a transfer program acceptingstudents from county/community colleges throughout the state. Some ofthe feeder colleges are TAC/ABET accredited and some are not. The NJITElectrical Engineering Technology program, a TAC/ABET accreditedprogram, has been in existence for more than 15 years and a large amountof data is available on the success rate of these students. By comparingthe data of students from TAC/ABET accredited lower-division programswith data of students from lower-division programs not TAC/ABETaccredited, some conclusions can be drawn on the effectiveness of theTAC/ABET accreditation. Even though the programs listed in the catalogsare virtually identical, students from TAC/ABET accredited colleges aremore successful academically than those from colleges not ABETaccredited
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