BPC-A: GeorgiaComputes!
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| Audience/Grade: | 0-Graduate |
| Discipline(s): |
Computer Science Computing Diversity Engineering Diversity |
| Special Topic(s): |
Black and African American Scientists and Engineers Women and Information Technology Hispanic Engineers and Scientists BPC Promising Practices Native American Engineers and Scientists BPC - NSF Programs |
| Learning Resource Type: |
Community - General |
| Media Type: |
Audio |
| Author(s): |
Amy Bruckman Barbara Ericson Mark Guzdial |
| Description: | The problem of broadening participation in computing runs from middle school where students lose interest in STEM, to graduate schools that are predominantly male and white. Research shows that women and minorities avoid computing because they perceive it as boring, tedious, and irrelevant. Our goals are to: 1) Increase the percentage of women and minorities in graduate programs. 2) Double the percentage of women and minorities in undergraduate computing courses. 3) Double the number of Georgia high school teachers capable of teaching CS AP. 4) Increase the number of high schools offering CS AP by 50%. 5) Double the percentage of women and minorities taking CS AP. |
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| Keywords: | BPC-NSF BPC-A recruitment retention increase participation minorities underrepresented gender equity |
| Is Component of: |
BPC-A: NSF Alliances for Broadening Participation in Computing |
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| Related ABET Criteria: |
Academic Achievement (h) Understand global, economic, environmental, and societal context (i) Engage in life-long learning Engagement Major Retention Motivation Retention |
| Intervention(s): |
Faculty/student interaction |
| Use of Resource: |
Small class size combined with integrated labs and active learning led to increased retention, learning, and satisfaction. Wiki format with links to events, projects, presentations, research. |
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| Publication Date: | October 2008 |
| Platform/Format: |
WWW |
| Cost: |
Free |
| Download URL: | http://www.georgiacomputes.org |
| Metadata: |
IEEE LOM Record |
| Collection: |
Broadening Participation in Computing (BPC)
ACM Women in Computing
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