TY - JOUR
T1 - Berkeley foundation for opportunities in information technology
T2 - A decade of broadening participation
AU - Crutchfield, Orpheus S.L.
AU - Harrison, Christopher D.
AU - Haas, Guy
AU - Garcia, Daniel D.
AU - Humphreys, Sheila M.
AU - Colleen, M. L.
AU - Khooshabeh, Peter
PY - 2011/10
Y1 - 2011/10
N2 - The Berkeley Foundation for Opportunities in Information Technology is a decade-old endeavor to expose pre-college young women and underrepresented racial and ethnicminorities to the fields of computer science and engineering, and prepare them for rigorous, university-level study. We have served more than 150 students, and graduated more than 65 seniors who have gone on to attend some of the top institutions in the country. Some of the lessons we have learned include the importance of sustained funding to support a continuing year-round program, world-class leaders and resources, and family and alumni involvement. In this article, we share the inner workings of our program, from its foundation during the dot-com heyday through today, in hopes that our best practices can be useful to others working toward the goal of broadening participation.
AB - The Berkeley Foundation for Opportunities in Information Technology is a decade-old endeavor to expose pre-college young women and underrepresented racial and ethnicminorities to the fields of computer science and engineering, and prepare them for rigorous, university-level study. We have served more than 150 students, and graduated more than 65 seniors who have gone on to attend some of the top institutions in the country. Some of the lessons we have learned include the importance of sustained funding to support a continuing year-round program, world-class leaders and resources, and family and alumni involvement. In this article, we share the inner workings of our program, from its foundation during the dot-com heyday through today, in hopes that our best practices can be useful to others working toward the goal of broadening participation.
KW - Broadening participation
KW - CS0
KW - Computing education pipeline
KW - Introductory programming courses
KW - Outreach
KW - Scratch
KW - Summer camps
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U2 - 10.1145/2037276.2037279
DO - 10.1145/2037276.2037279
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:82455162298
SN - 1946-6226
VL - 11
JO - ACM Transactions on Computing Education
JF - ACM Transactions on Computing Education
IS - 3
M1 - 15
ER -