
Participation in Computing
The National Science Foundation's Expansionary Programs
William Aspray(Author)
Springer (Publisher)
Published on 9. March 2016
Book
Hardback
X, 200 pages
978-3-319-24830-1 (ISBN)
Description
This book provides a history of the efforts of the US National Science Foundation to broaden participation in computing. The book briefly discusses the early history of the NSF's involvement with education and workforce issues. It then turns to two programs outside the computing directorate (the ADVANCE program and the Program on Women and Girls) that set the stage for three programs in the NSF computing directorate on broadening participation: the IT Workforce Program, the Broadening Participation in Computing program, and the Computing Education for the 21st Century program. The work looks at NSF-funded research and NSF-funded interventions both to increase the number of women, underrepresented minorities (African Americans, Hispanics, and American Indians) and people with disabilities, and to increase the number of public schools offering rigorous instruction in computing. Other organizations such as the ACM, the Computer Science Teachers Association, and Code.org are also covered. The years covered are primarily 1980 to the present.
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Series
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Language
English
Place of publication
Cham
Switzerland
Publishing group
Springer International Publishing
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
14
1 farbige Abbildung, 14 s/w Tabellen
14 Tables, black and white; 1 Illustrations, color; X, 200 p. 1 illus. in color.
Dimensions
Height: 23.5 cm
Width: 15.5 cm
Weight
4439 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-319-24830-1 (9783319248301)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-24832-5
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Content
Introduction
Opening Computing Careers to Underrepresented Groups
The Broadening Participation in Computing Alliances
Recent Efforts to Broaden Formal Computer Science Education at the K-12 Level
Recent Efforts to Broaden Informal Computer Science Education
Conclusions
Appendix: CISE-Supported Projects Targeted at Women in IT