BPC-DP: Information Management and Systems Engineering (Enabling Success in Computing in Detroit)
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| Audience/Grade: | College Freshman-Continuing Education |
| Discipline(s): |
Computing Diversity Engineering Diversity General Engineering, Engineering Science |
| Special Topic(s): |
BPC - NSF Programs |
| Learning Resource Type: |
Community - General |
| Media Type: |
Unknown |
| Author(s): |
Farshad Fotouhi Monica Brockmeyer |
| Description: | To address the severe under-representation of minorities, women, and first-generation college students in the computing and information technology, we have formed an alliance between the Department of Computer Science at Wayne State University and Focus: HOPE in Detroit, Michigan to implement the Information Management and Systems Engineering (IMSE) program, which is designed to guide and support disadvantaged students at critical junctures from a GED through the completion of a post-secondary degree. The IMSE program begins with multiple proven bridge and support activities provided by Focus: HOPE including a remedial math and reading program; an industry-certified training programs in network administration, network installation, and desktop and server administration; professional development workshops; a student loan program; a community food bank; and an on-site child-care program. The second phase of the IMSE program combines a Bachelor of Arts in Information Systems and Technology offered by WSU with a coordinated support program. The coordinated support plan at WSU includes tutoring and mentoring programs, culturally sensitive advising, emerging scholars sections of introductory programming courses, social networking, and participation in industry internships and academic research. |
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| Related Resources | |
| Keywords: | BPC-NSF BPC-DP program mentor tutoring research |
| Is Component of: |
BPC-DP: NSF Program for Demonstration Projects in Broadening Participation in Computing |
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| Intervention(s): |
Co-op Communal housing Faculty mentoring Inquiry/discovery/hands-on Learning communities Management skills Peer mentoring Projects/project-based Research internships Skill enhancement Student community Supplementary instruction Supplementary/remedial coursework |
| Use of Resource: |
Strategies and interventions: childcare, food program, loan program, mentoring, tutoring, emerging scholars, and academic success center. |
| Difficulty: |
Easy |
| Interactivity Level: |
Low |
| Version Info | |
| Publication Date: | August 2007 |
| Platform/Format: |
WWW |
| Cost: |
Free |
| Download URL: | http://www.cs.wayne.edu/~mab/BPC.html |
| Metadata: |
IEEE LOM Record |
| Collection: |
Broadening Participation in Computing (BPC)
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