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The K–12 broadening participation in computing (BPC) effort re- quires access to comprehensive state and national K–12 data from which stronger strategies for systems change can be developed. The Expanding Computing Education Pathways (ECEP) Alliance Com- mon Metrics Project (CMP) engages state teams that include state and local education agencies, researchers, and other BPC advocates addressing K–12 computer science (CS) inequities in access and participation at the systems level. The CMP promotes collaboration and knowledge sharing, with teams reporting how CMP enhances BPC policy, pathways, and practices to improve student access and participation in computing. This experience report shares how the CMP advances data as a key tool for driving BPC strategies in state advocacy and policy efforts.
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Uncovering the Impact of Online Programs in Broadening Participation in Computer Science: An Experience Report Studying Graduation Rates of Black Undergraduate Students
This paper explores the growing prevalence of all-online degree programs and their implications for the Broadening Participation in Computing (BPC) movement in the United States. We relate our experience as educational researchers encountering this trend in nationally available data sets. We explore the process of using dis- connected data to uncover the story of online education, including how it challenged our assumptions about place-based intervention, and concerns for serving the growing distance-learning population in future BPC work. Our findings emphasize the need to connect data to a broader understanding of the landscape in support of developing equitable approaches in addressing disparities.
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- Award ID(s):
- 2137834
- PAR ID:
- 10541967
- Publisher / Repository:
- ACM
- Date Published:
- ISBN:
- 9798400706264
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 150 to 157
- Subject(s) / Keyword(s):
- broadening participation in computing online degrees computer science
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Location:
- Atlanta GA USA
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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- https://doi.org/10.1145/3653666.3656111
