BPC-A: Planning a Broadening Participation in Computing Alliance for the Pacific Islands

火奴鲁鲁查米纳德大学提议与夏威夷大学希洛分校和马诺阿分校合作，为BPC太平洋联盟规划和发展基础设施。该联盟将为太平洋地区拥有大量夏威夷原住民和太平洋岛屿学生的高等教育机构提供服务。这些学生在很大程度上是一种尚未开发的资源，但很难接触到他们：他们就读于分布在10个岛屿上的20所本科院校，他们是一个多元化的群体，分散在太平洋上数千英里的地方，拥有四种不同的文化传统，讲着十几种不同的太平洋岛屿语言。旨在改善该地区STEM教育机会的现有项目没有足够的资源对计算机学科的学生产生重大影响。这个项目迈出了建立一个专门为满足追求计算机学位的学生的需要而设计的程序的第一步。太平洋BPC联盟将从三个创始机构开始分阶段建立。它将以另外两个联盟为蓝本：机会之岛联盟（IOA-LSAMP）将提供基础和基本结构，而西班牙裔服务机构计算联盟（CAHSI）将提供最佳实践和成功的干预措施。计划活动将围绕2011年春季的完整提案的准备工作展开。

Chaminade University of Honolulu proposes a collaboration with the University of Hawai'i campuses at Hilo and Manoa for the purpose of planning and developing the infrastructure for a BPC Pacific Alliance. That Alliance would serve higher education institutions with significant Native Hawaiian and Pacific Island student populations in the Pacific region. These students are a largely untapped resource, but they will be difficult to reach: they attend 20 undergraduate institutions located on ten islands, and they are a diverse population, scattered across thousands of miles in the Pacific Ocean, encompassing four distinct cultural traditions and speaking a dozen different Pacific Island languages. Existing programs aimed at improving STEM educational opportunities in the region have not had the resources needed to make a significant impact on students in the computing disciplines. This project takes the first steps in building a program specifically designed to meet the needs of students pursuing computing degrees. The Pacific BPC alliance will be built in stages starting with the three founding institutions. It will be modeled on two other Alliances: the Islands of Opportunity Alliance (IOA-LSAMP) will provide the foundation and basic structure, while the Computing Alliance of Hispanic-Serving Institutions (CAHSI) will provide best practices and successful interventions. Planning activities will center around preparations for a full proposal in the spring of 2011.