1. 2006–2016
BUILDING
A
MORE
EQUITABLE
ECOSYSTEM
FOR
COMPUTER
SCIENCE
EDUCATION:
The Influence and Promise of the Alliances
February 2, 2016

2. THE
BROADENING
PARTICIPATION
IN
COMPUTING
ALLIANCES
PROGRAM
Increasing the representaAon of women, people of color,
and people with disabiliAes in the compuAng fields.
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3. AccessCompu*ng
SupporAng students with disabiliAes to pursue
degrees in compuAng fields
Compu*ng
Alliance
of
Hispanic-­‐Serving
Ins*tu*ons
(CAHSI)
Leveraging member insAtuAons to increase the
number of Hispanic students who complete
degrees in compuAng
Sustainable
Diversity
in
the
Compu*ng
Research
Pipeline
Increasing the parAcipaAon of women and
underrepresented minoriAes in compuAng
research careers
Expanding
Compu*ng
Educa*on
Pathways
(ECEP)
Increasing the number and diversity of students
compleAng compuAng degrees by supporAng
state-­‐level compuAng educaAon policy change
Into
the
Loop
Enhancing high school students’ computer science
learning through implementaAon and disseminaAon
of equity-­‐focused curricula and professional
development.
Ins*tute
for
African-­‐American
Mentoring
in
Compu*ng
Science
(iAAMCS)
Addressing the shortage of African Americans pursuing
PhDs and research careers in compuAng-­‐related fields
Na*onal
Center
for
Women
&
Informa*on
Technology
(NCWIT)
Bringing together universiAes, nonprofits, and
for-­‐profit organizaAons to advance women’s and
girls’ parAcipaAon in computer science
Students
in
Technology,
Academia,
Research,
and
Service
Alliance
(STARS)
Fostering a community of pracAce for students
through service learning and building compuAng
educaAon capacity in member insAtuAons
THE
ALLIANCES
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4. Developing and tesAng models
FIRST
FIVE
YEARS
2006 2016
COMMUNITIES
OF
PRACTICE
COURSES
FELLOWSHIPS
MENTORING
SERVICE
LEARNING
WEBINARS
LECTURE
SERIES
CONFERENCES
WORKSHOPS
WEBSITE
CONSULTATIONS
COMPETITIONS
TOOLS
AND
RESOURCES
PUBLICATIONS
SUMMER
PROGRAMS
RESEARCH
EXPERIENCES
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5. Leveraging knowledge and serving
as naAonal resources
SECOND
FIVE
YEARS
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COMMUNITIES
OF
PRACTICE
COURSES
FELLOWSHIPS
MENTORING
SERVICE
LEARNING
WEBINARS
LECTURE
SERIES
CONFERENCES
WORKSHOPS
WEBSITE
CONSULTATIONS
COMPETITIONS
TOOLS
AND
RESOURCES
PUBLICATIONS
SUMMER
PROGRAMS
RESEARCH
EXPERIENCES
FACILITATING
A
NETWORK
OF
PROFESSIONALS
SUPPORTING
NATIONAL
INFRASTRUCTURE
COLLABORATING
FOSTERING
RESEARCH
CONNECTING
INITIATIVES
INFLUENCING
POLICIES
SERVING
AS
NATIONAL
RESOURCES
20162006

6. COMMUNITIES
OF
PRACTICE
COURSES
FELLOWSHIPS
MENTORING
SERVICE
LEARNING
WEBINARS
LECTURE
SERIES
CONFERENCES
WORKSHOPS
WEBSITE
CONSULTATIONS
COMPETITIONS
TOOLS
AND
RESOURCES
PUBLICATIONS
SUMMER
PROGRAMS
RESEARCH
EXPERIENCES
FACILITATING
A
NETWORK
OF
PROFESSIONALS
SUPPORTING
NATIONAL
INFRASTRUCTURE
COLLABORATING
FOSTERING
RESEARCH
CONNECTING
INITIATIVES
INFLUENCING
POLICIES
SERVING
AS
NATIONAL
RESOURCES
Alliances
employ
many
different
approaches,
influencing
people,
organizaTons,
infrastructure,
and
ulTmately
the
landscape
of
the
field.
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CONTEXT
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There is no “one right way” to broaden parAcipaAon

7. GEOGRAPHIC
REACH
OF
THE
ALLIANCES
1–10
11–20
21–30
> 30
ORGANIZATIONS
BY
STATE
Alliances work with organizaAons in all 50 states,
the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico
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8. Alliances use diverse
strategies to expose students
to compuAng concepts and
careers, influencing their interest
and confidence in pursuing
compuAng careers.
CAHSI engaged 2,846 undergraduate
students—half of whom were Hispanic—
posiAvely influencing their percepAons of
and interest in compuAng careers.
Through parAcipaAng in Research
Experiences
for
Undergraduates, 156
undergraduates developed new skills for
navigaAng a successful career in
compuAng research.
STUDENTS
12,409 K–12 and 8,252 postsecondary
students participated in Alliances’
activities.
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9. 131 high school teachers increased their
confidence in teaching computer science
(CS) for diverse learners by parAcipaAng
in PD developed by Into
the
Loop.
56 faculty, administrators, and employers
parAcipated in AccessCompu*ng’s
communiAes of pracAce about making
CS instrucAon more accessible to people
with disabiliAes.
PROFESSIONALS
1,890 professionals participated
in Alliances’ activities.
Through capacity-­‐building
workshops, conferences, and
professional development,
Alliances inspire faculty, teachers,
and other professionals to develop
collaboraAons and change the
climate in computer science
educaAon.
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10. OrganizaAons across the
compuAng educaAon spectrum
benefit from Alliances’ resources,
finding new approaches to
teaching and learning, recruiAng
and retaining students, and
developing public/private
partnerships.
NCWIT brought together 412 universiAes,
nonprofits, and for-­‐profit organizaAons to
advance women’s and girls’ parAcipaAon
in computer science.
ECEP’s
four-­‐step model helped leaders
in four states to influence state level
educaAon policy.
ORGANIZATIONS
Alliances served or collaborated with
1,106 unique organizations.
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11. Alliances are naAonal resources—
disseminaAng promising
pracAces, scaling tested models,
and supporAng naAonal and
regional efforts to broaden
parAcipaAon.
Into
the
Loop’s
Exploring Computer
Science (ECS) is taught in schools across
11 states and the District of Columbia.
Over 8,000 students parAcipated in ECS
courses.
NCWIT
and
AccessCompu*ng
make
teaching and learning resources available
online, with more than 1,000 arAcles,
toolkits, and other helpful products and
publicaAons to support broadening
parAcipaAon.
INFRASTRUCTURE
NCWIT had 34,064 page views
of resources and distributed 105,793
hard copy resources.
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12. Alliances disseminate new
knowledge and research about
broadening parAcipaAon in
compuAng through publicaAons,
presentaAons, conferences and
Web-­‐based disseminaAon
strategies.
The first RESPECT (Research on Equity
and Sustained ParAcipaAon in Engineering,
CompuAng and Technology) conference
was hosted in 2015 in conjuncAon with
the STARS
Celebra*on
event and the IEEE
Computer Society’s Special Technical
Community on Broadening ParAcipaAon.
iAAMCS is an acAve sponsor of the Richard
Tapia CelebraAon of Diversity in CompuAng
conference and ensures that students have
financial support to adend to network and
present their research.
INFRASTRUCTURE
In a single year, Alliances presented
179 conference papers and published 27
journal articles and 3 book chapters.
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13. EvaluaAon is criAcal for
documenAng Alliances’
influence and outcomes.
The CRA-­‐W/CDC Alliance—Sustainable
Diversity
in
the
Compu*ng
Research
Pipeline—contributed to evaluaAng the
work of the Alliances through their Center
for EvaluaAng the Research Pipeline (CERP
www.cra.org/cerp) and its naAonal survey of
computer science departments, the Data
Buddies Project.
The Program
Evalua*on
facilitated the
development of a common data collecAon
process to ensure that Alliances are tracking
their acAviAes, parAcipants, challenges
and successes in a standard format.
EVALUATION
With the third year of common data
collection, trend analysis will begin.
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14. THE
ALLIANCE
PROGRAM
AND
THE
FIELD
NEED
MORE,
BETTER
DATA
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It is criAcal to know whether and how broadening
parAcipaAon iniAaAves are changing the landscape of
compuAng.
Although real progress has been made in collecAng
high quality data, the Alliances and the compuAng
educaAon field sAll face significant challenges in data
collecAon.
The Program EvaluaAon team is working with NSF
to develop recommendaAons regarding data collecAon,
quality, and uAlizaAon.

15. »
FUTURE
DIRECTIONS

16. 16
Building a More Equitable Ecosystem for Computer Science EducaAon
BUILDING
CONNECTED
ECOSYSTEMS

17. 17
Building a More Equitable Ecosystem for Computer Science EducaAon
BUILDING
AN
ECOSYSTEM

18. EDC
Leslie Goodyear
Jackie DeLisi
Tracy McMahon
Sarah Ryan
Westat
Gary Silverstein
Jennifer Flynn
Liam Ristow
Kansas
State
University
Linda Thurston
Contact:
Leslie Goodyear
lgoodyear@edc.org
BPC-­‐A
PROGRAM
EVALUATION
TEAM
Thank you