BPC-DP: Collaborative and Integrative Environment for Computer Science Programs
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| Audience/Grade: | College Freshman - College Senior |
| Discipline(s): |
Civil Engineering Computer Science Computing Diversity Engineering Diversity Environmental Engineering Geological Engineering |
| Special Topic(s): |
BPC - NSF Programs |
| Learning Resource Type: | Community - General |
| Media Type: | Document |
| Author(s): |
Xueqing Tang, Cynthia Kersey, Karen D'Arcy
Organization: Governors State University |
| Description: | Governors State University (GSU) - a university with a high enrollment of women, minorities, and nontraditional students - proposes to increase the number of students completing undergraduate degrees in Computer Science with a four part program. The first program component will improve the success rate in GSU's entry level computer programming courses with peer tutoring, online support and demonstration, and an Internet-enabled integrated development environment. The second component will build new relationships with two private lower division colleges serving underrepresented groups, developing articulation agreements with Morton College and Northwestern Business College. The third component will strengthen the faculty relationships between GSU and its partnering community colleges by extending a Distinguished Lecture Series to partnering community colleges, and developing a summer faculty conference focused on curriculum development, articulations, dual admissions, and joint advising. Finally, the fourth component will bridge students to research by the extension of faculty and student research participation teams at Argonne National Laboratory and the expansion of a distinguished lecture series. |
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| Keywords: | BPC-NSF, BPC-DP, retention, pedagogical strategies, research |
| Is Component of |
BPC-DP NSF Program for Demonstration Projects in Broadening Participation in Computing |
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| Related ABET Criteria: |
Course Retention Engagement Major Retention |
| Intervention(s): |
Research internships |
| Use of Resource: | Project Goal: Project goal is to improve student success and retention in introductory programming courses C++ with virtual, online, and in-person tutoring, collaboration with Argonne National Laboratory to improve access of women students to summer research experiences. Supported 4 undergraduate research students in Fall 2007. |
| Difficulty: | Easy |
| Interactivity Level: | Low |
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| Publication Date: | 2008 |
| Platform/Format: | WWW |
| Cost: | Free |
| Download URL: | http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=0540486 |
| Metadata: | IEEE LOM Record |
| Collection: |
Broadening Participation in Computing (BPC)
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