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Title: Factors Affecting the Future Career Pathway Decisions of Lower-income Computing Students
Within research on broadening participation in computing, the experience and perspectives of undergraduate students have been important elements of exploration. As undergraduate students are experts of their own experience, conducting research that focuses on understanding their perspective can help those who organize programmatic efforts to respond to student needs and concerns. This paper emerges from the context of a specific National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) program. As with all S-STEM programs, Florida Information Technology Graduation Attainment Pathways (Flit-GAP) focuses on lower-income students, and thus this research surveying the program participants can help draw conclusions and pragmatic considerations about how to broaden participation for students historically marginalized by their socioeconomic status.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
2130290
PAR ID:
10417026
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference: Computing Education Division
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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