Collaborative Research: GSE/RES: Contextualizing Computing Education: The Role of Interdisciplinary, Collab. Research Models in Undergrad. Women's Ed. & Vocational Trajectorie

智力优势：加州州立大学长滩分校和加州大学洛杉矶分校正在研究跨学科协作研究模式(ICRM)以及ICRM经验对计算机科学与工程(CSE)本科生女性的影响。这项研究的中心目标是调查ICRM在CSE系的经历如何影响本科生女性的教育和职业轨迹(专业的坚持性、毕业、攻读研究生学位和/或计算机职业的意向)，以产生与改进CSE课程/方案相关的数据。理论方法结合了个人和组织变量的交集：组织文化理论允许密切分析学生经历ICRM的部门文化，职业选择理论包括背景和社会影响，并允许个人在职业决策中发挥作用。这项研究将包括六个预先选定的案例研究机构，并采用分阶段的方法，在三年内深入研究案例和研究主题，包括亲自观察和采访学生、教师和学术领袖。广泛的影响：ICRM活动在高校不断增加，了解它们的影响对于提高CSE专业从事计算机专业的女性的招生、坚持性和毕业至关重要。这项研究的结果通过多个场所向从业人员和研究人员传播，将使人们了解国际计算机资源管理中心的活动如何对妇女在计算机领域的教育和职业发展产生积极影响。此外，这项研究有可能建立从业者和研究人员网络，他们对改善妇女在CSE部门和专业的经验和留住感兴趣。

Intellectual Merit: California State University Long Beach and the University of California Los Angeles are studying interdisciplinary collaborative research models (ICRM) and the impact of ICRM experiences on undergraduate women in computer science and engineering (CSE). The central objective of the study is to investigate how ICRM experiences in CSE departments shape undergraduate women's educational and vocational trajectories (persistence in major, graduation, intention to pursue graduate degrees and/or careers in computing) to generate data relevant for improving CSE curricula/programs. The theoretical approach incorporates the intersection of personal and organizational variables: organizational culture theory allows for close analysis of the departmental cultures in which students experience ICRM, and vocational choice theory includes background and societal impact and allows for individual agency in career decisions. The study will include six pre-selected case study institutions and incorporates a multi-phased approach in which the cases and research subjects are studied in-depth over three years involving in-person observations and interviews with students, faculty and academic leaders.Broader Impacts: ICRM activities are increasing in colleges and universities, and understanding their impact is important for enhancing the enrollment, persistence, and graduation of women CSE majors who pursue computing professions. The results of this study, disseminated through multiple venues to both practitioners and researchers, will provide an understanding of how ICRM activities may positively impact women's educational and vocational trajectories in computing fields. Moreover, the study has the potential to build networks of practitioners and researchers who have an interest in improving the experiences and retention of women in CSE departments and professions.