BPC-A AccessComputing Alliance

BPC-A 访问计算联盟

• 批准号: 0540615
• 负责人: Richard Ladner
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Washington
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-02-15 至 2010-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0540615&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: BPC; AccessComputing; Alliance

The Department of Computer Science and Engineering and DO-IT IT (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking and Technology) at the University of Washington propose to create the AccessComputing Alliance for the purpose of increasing the participation of people with disabilities in computing careers. Alliance partners Gallaudet University, Microsoft, the NSF Regional Alliances for Persons with Disabilities in STEM (hosted by the University of Southern Maine, New Mexico State University, and UW), and SIGACCESS of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and collaborators represent stakeholders from education, industry, government, and professional organizations nationwide. Alliance activities apply proven practices to support persons with disabilities within computing programs. To increase the number of students with disabilities who successfully pursue undergraduate and graduate degrees, the alliance will run college transition and bridge, tutoring, internship, and e-mentoring programs. To increase the capacity of postsecondary computing departments to fully include students with disabilities in coursers and programs, the alliance will form communities of practice, run capacity-building institutes, and develop systemic change indicators for computing departments. To create a nationwide resource to help students with disabilities pursue computing careers and computing educators and employers, professional organizations and other stakeholders to develop more inclusive programs and share effective practices, the alliance will create and maintain a searchable AccessComputing Knowledge Base of FAQs, case studies, and effective/promising practices.These activities will build on existing alliances and resources in a comprehensive, integrated effort. They will create nationwide collaborations among individuals with disabilities, computing professionals, employers, disability providers, and professional organizations to explore the issues that contribute to the underrepresentation of persons with disabilities and to develop, apply and assess interventions. In addition, they will support local and regional efforts to recruit and retain students with disabilities into computing and assist them in institutionalizing and replicating their programs. The alliance will work with other Alliances and organizations that serve women and underrepresented minorities to make their programs accessible to students with disabilities. Finally they will collect and publish research and implementation data to enhance scientific and technological understanding of issues related to the inclusion of people with disabilities in computing.

华盛顿大学计算机科学与工程系和DO-IT IT（残疾、机会、互联网和技术）提议建立残疾人计算机联盟，以增加残疾人对计算机职业的参与。联盟合作伙伴Gallaudet大学、微软、NSF STEM残疾人区域联盟（由南缅因州大学、新墨西哥州州立大学和华盛顿大学主办）和计算机械协会（ACM）的SIGACCESS，合作者代表了全国教育、工业、政府和专业组织的利益相关者。联盟的活动采用经过验证的做法，在计算程序中支持残疾人。为了增加成功攻读本科和研究生学位的残疾学生人数，该联盟将开展大学过渡和桥梁、辅导、实习和电子辅导项目。为了提高中学后计算部门的能力，使残疾学生充分参与课程和计划，该联盟将形成实践社区，运行能力建设机构，并为计算部门制定系统性变化指标。为了创建一个全国性的资源，以帮助残疾学生从事计算职业，并帮助计算教育工作者和雇主，专业组织和其他利益相关者开发更具包容性的计划并分享有效的实践，该联盟将创建和维护一个可搜索的计算知识库，包括常见问题解答，案例研究和有效/有前途的实践。这些活动将建立在现有的联盟和资源的基础上，综合努力。他们将在残疾人、计算机专业人员、雇主、残疾人服务提供者和专业组织之间建立全国性的合作，以探讨导致残疾人代表性不足的问题，并制定、应用和评估干预措施。 此外，他们将支持地方和区域努力招募和留住残疾学生进入计算，并协助他们制度化和复制他们的计划。该联盟将与其他为妇女和代表性不足的少数民族服务的联盟和组织合作，使残疾学生能够获得他们的计划。最后，他们将收集和发布研究和实施数据，以提高对残疾人参与计算相关问题的科学和技术理解。