BPC-AE: Scaling the STARS Alliance: A National Community for Broadening Participation through Regional Partnerships

位于夏洛特的北卡罗来纳州大学（University of North Carolina at夏洛特）提议对STARS（Students Technology in Academia，Research，and Service）联盟进行第二次扩展。STARS是一个全国性社区，利用区域伙伴关系扩大妇女、代表性不足的少数民族和残疾人对计算的参与。 它的标志性和催化计划是STARS领导团队，为学生提供指导，专业发展以及研究和服务的机会，从而提高计算学生的多样性，入学率和毕业率。扩展将使联盟从目前的20所大学和学院扩大到50所，每一所都是K-12学校、社区学院、行业和社区组织的区域联盟的中心。规模化的联盟将侧重于-将STARS领导团队（SLC）制度化，作为一个多年课程计划，通过学生，专业人士和教育工作者分层参与研究和公民参与来促进区域伙伴关系。- 加强STARS庆祝活动，这是一个国家论坛，旨在连接区域社区，以便在SLC，STARS示范项目和其他BPC倡议方面进行合作。- 利用先进的技术创建STARS社交网络，以支持一个充满活力的实践社区，并将手机游戏和电子竞技技术集成在一起。- 展示一个新的本科生分层研究经验（TREU）计划- 扩展STARS指导和结对编程示范项目- 在BPC数字图书馆BPCPortal.org上创建一个SLC实践集。最后，该扩展将产生STARS研究所，这是一个非营利组织，将维持年度STARS庆祝和社区会议。

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte) proposes a second extension to the STARS (Students & Technology in Academia, Research, and Service) Alliance. STARS is a national community that uses regional partnerships to broaden the participation of women, under-represented minorities, and persons with disabilities in computing. Its signature and catalyzing program is the STARS Leadership Corps, which provides students with mentoring, professional development and opportunities for research and service, resulting in higher computing student diversity, enrollments, and graduation rates. The extension will scale the Alliance from its current size of 20 universities and colleges to 50, each the center of their own regional alliance of K-12 schools, community colleges, industries, and community organizations. The scaled alliance will focus on - Institutionalizing the STARS Leadership Corps (SLC) as a multi-year curricular program that catalyzes regional partnerships through the tiered participation of students, professionals, and educators in research and civic engagement. - Enhancing the STARS Celebration, a national forum to connect regional communities for collaboration on the SLC, STARS demonstration projects, and other BPC initiatives. - Creating the STARS Social Network with pioneering technology to support a vibrant community of practice integrated with mobile games and CONNECT technology. - Demonstrating a new Tiered Research Experiences for Undergraduates (TREU) program- Scaling the STARS Mentoring and Pair Programming demonstration projects - Creating an SLC Practices Collection within the BPC Digital Library at BPCPortal.org Finally, the extension will spawn the STARS Institute, a nonprofit that will sustain the annual STARS Celebration and Community Meeting.