Building Recruiting and Inclusion for Diversity (BRAID) in the Computer Science Major: A Longitudinal Research Study

为了提高对计算机科学（CS）部门如何成功实现本科招生多样化的理解，该项目将支持在全国15所大学参加CS入门课程的学生的纵向跟踪。 所有15个CS部门都明确承诺使其专业多样化，并参与了建设，招聘和包容多样性（BRAID）计划。 BRAID机构致力于采取一系列方法来增加CS部门的多样性，包括修改入门课程，使其对代表性不足的学生更具吸引力，减少恐吓。 这项研究将集中在介绍课程促进CS的兴趣和持久性的方式，特别关注什么是最成功的女性和代表性不足的少数民族学生。 学生将接受调查，而采取的介绍课程，他们的经验，在课程以及他们的自我认知，CS的看法，专业选择和职业规划。这项研究将把目前正在进行的基线数据收集项目扩展为纵向研究。 来自基线研究的学生将在入门课程之外进行跟踪，并在2018-2019学年的春季学期每年进行调查。 这样做将使研究团队能够评估学生在入门课程之外的体验，例如参与CS课外活动，以及衡量各种结果，例如学生入学模式（例如，选择CS作为主要或次要）和职业规划，跨时间。这项研究的结果将为政策制定者，高等教育管理人员，教师和公众提供有关招聘和留住更多个人进入计算领域的最有效方法的新知识。 此外，这项研究将提供有关如何通过增加完成CS专业和未成年人的女性和代表性不足的少数民族的数量来实现计算多样化的额外知识。

In an effort to improve an understanding of how computer science (CS) departments can successfully diversify their undergraduate enrollments, this project will support the longitudinal follow-up of students taking introductory CS courses at fifteen (15) universities across the country. All fifteen CS departments have a stated commitment to diversify their major and are participants in the Building, Recruiting and Inclusion for Diversity (BRAID) initiative. BRAID institutions have committed to a set of approaches to increase diversity within CS departments, including modifying introductory courses to make them more attractive and less intimidating to underrepresented students. This research will focus on the ways in which introductory courses promote interest and persistence in CS, with a special focus on what is most successful for women and underrepresented minority students. Students will be surveyed while taking the introductory course about their experiences in the courses as well as their self-perceptions, perceptions of CS, major choice selection, and career plans. This research will extend a baseline data collection project currently being done into a longitudinal study. Students from the baseline study will be followed beyond the introductory courses and surveyed annually through the spring semester of the 2018-2019 academic year. Doing so will allow the research team to assess student experiences beyond the introductory course, such as involvement in CS extracurricular activities, as well as measure a variety of outcomes, such as student enrollment patterns (e.g., choosing CS as a major or minor) and career plans, across time. Findings from this study will provide policy-makers, higher education administrators, faculty, and the general public with new knowledge about the most effective ways to recruit and retain more individuals into the computing field. Further, this study will provide additional knowledge about how to diversify computing by increasing the number of women and underrepresented minorities who complete CS majors and minors.