BPC-DP: INcreasing Student Participation In REsearch Development (INSPIRED) Program
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| Audience/Grade: | College Freshman - College Senior |
| Discipline(s): |
Computer Science |
| Special Topic(s): |
BPC - NSF Programs |
| Learning Resource Type: | Community - General |
| Media Type: | Document |
| Author(s): |
Peggy Doerschuk, Jiangjiang (Jane) Liu, Judith Mann
Organization: Lamar University |
| Description: | Lamar The INcreasing Student Participation In REsearch Development Program is designed to increase the participation of women and minorities in computing. The program targets female and minority computer science (CS) undergraduate students, but also includes some outreach components for middle and high school students. The goal is to demonstrate that engaging underrepresented students in the INSPIRED program can 1) retain more of these students 2) help transition them into advanced study in computer science or computing careers and 3) attract more females and minorities to the field. INSPIRED strategies include: 1) Engage INSPIRED students in an enriched research plan with tutoring, mentoring, peer support, and pair programming 2) Use institutional relationships within and outside of Lamar to help students bridge to the next level 3) Dispel misconceptions about computer science that discourage participation of women and minorities and 4) Engage INSPIRED students in outreach programs for underrepresented middle and high school students. |
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| Keywords: | mentor, faculty-student interaction, tutoring, career preparation, outreach, undergraduate research experience, BPC-DP, BPC-NSF |
| Is Component of |
BPC-DP NSF Program for Demonstration Projects in Broadening Participation in Computing |
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| Related ABET Criteria: |
Academic Achievement Confidence Engagement Motivation Retention Teams Written Communication Skills |
| Intervention(s): |
Faculty mentoring Interactive Peer mentoring Research internships Team work |
| Version Info | |
| Publication Date: | 2008 |
| Platform/Format: | WWW |
| Cost: | Free |
| Download URL: | http://cs.lamar.edu/inspire/ |
| Metadata: | IEEE LOM Record |
| Collection: |
Broadening Participation in Computing (BPC)
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