Mid-Atlantic Workshop on Revitalizing Undergraduate Computing Education

新泽西理工学院获得了CISE特别项目奖，以便在美国中大西洋地区召开一次关于本科计算机教育转变的讲习班。本次研讨会的目的是提供一个论坛，以促进本科计算教育的转变，并传播有关NSF新计划的信息，例如CISE振兴本科计算教育的途径（CPATH）。这种转变对于信息技术（IT）劳动力的准备和美国在技术创新方面的持续领先地位至关重要。这个项目的智力价值在于将在本科计算机教育领域具有广泛专业知识的有思想的个人聚集在一起所产生的协同效应。更广泛的影响在于对计算机教育的潜在影响，从而对美国各地的广泛学生产生影响。近年来，尽管对计算机专业毕业生的就业需求持续攀升，但计算机专业的学生数量却有所下降。值得注意的是，考虑主修计算机专业的女性和少数族裔学生的数量急剧下降，进一步限制了可用人才的数量。确定创新的策略，在计算机学科中增加和增加广泛的学生，不仅在加强国家经济方面，而且在保持机会平等方面，都将产生巨大的影响。

New Jersey Institute of Technology has received a CISE Special Projects award to convene a workshop in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States on the transformation of undergraduate computing education. The purpose of this workshop is to provide a forum to catalzye the transformation of undergraduate computing education and to disseminate information about new NSF initiatives, such as CISE Pathways to Revitalized Undergraduate Computing Education (CPATH). Such a transformation is critical to the information technology (IT) workforce preparation and the continued preeminence of the U. S. in technology innovation. The intellectual merit of this project lies in the synergies that will follow from bringing together thoughtful individuals with wide-ranging expertise in the area of undergraduate computing education. The broader impact lies in the potential impact on computing education and thus a broad range of students across the United States. The number of students majoring in computing disciplines has declined in recent years even though employment demands for graduates in these disciplines continues to climb. Significantly, the number of women and minority students who consider the possibility of majoring in computing has fallen even more dramatically, further restricting the pool of available talent. Identifying innovative strategies to add and attach a broad range of students in computing disciplines will have enormous impact not only in terms of strengthening the nation's economy but also in preserving equality of opportunity.