The Authentic Inclusion of Community Colleges in National Efforts to Broaden Participation in Computing: A Workshop Proposal

圣塔菲学院提议举办一个研讨会，将社区学院的声音和观点纳入有关扩大计算机（BPC）参与和教育的全国对话中。作为第一个社区学院推动的BPC教育活动，它将汇集理论和实践的观点，听取彼此的意见，并使用一个包容的、更全面的观点来推动社区学院社区参与BPC运动的下一步工作。社区学院（CC）的学生比四年制大学的学生更多样化，因此它们是一个自然的、但经常被忽视的增加多样性的场所。本次研讨会由来自三所社区学院、一所研究型大学和两家教育研究机构的代表组成的多机构领导委员会领导，他们都积极参与CS - BP研究和干预。研讨会将开发一个概念模型，利用现有的CC合作和投资，增加CC对BPC倡议的参与。包括国家妇女和信息技术中心（NCWIT）社区学院外展小组，以及2017年CISE BP社区会议的与会者。目前大多数以BPC CC为重点的研究或干预措施缺少的是了解CC自己想知道什么，以及他们希望如何参与研究和干预项目。本次会议的对话提示将包括：1。CCs计算机学科中与公平和包容相关问题的知识现状。一些已知问题的例子是师资短缺、专业发展、缺乏一致的衔接/转学指导、缺乏学生支持（例如，财政、补习）以及课程路径不明确或不连贯。确定机会，使计算机中心能够更充分地参与全国运动，以扩大对计算机的参与。这将包括需要到位的组织结构（例如，行政支持），有效的干预措施（例如，文化响应和性别平等的教学实践），跨地域的相关合作伙伴（例如，大学，工业，K-12）；以及刺激行动的激励措施。CC参与的下一步。

Santa Fe College proposes a workshop to bring the voices and perspectives of Community Colleges into the national conversation about broadening participation and education in computing (BPC). As a first Community College-driven BPC education event, it will bring together theoretical and practitioner perspectives to listen to each other and use an inclusive, more holistic perspective to drive next steps for engaging the Community College community in the BPC movement effort.Community Colleges (CC) serve a more diverse population than 4-year institutions, so they are a natural but often overlooked venue for increasing diversity. This workshop -- led by a multi-institutional leadership committee with representatives from three community colleges, one research university, and two education research organizations, all of whom are active in CS BP research and interventions -- will develop a conceptual model for increasing the participation of CC in BPC initiatives that leverages existing CC collaborations and investments, including the National Center for Women and Information Technology's (NCWIT) Community College Outreach group, and attendees of the 2017 CISE BP Community Meeting. What is missing from most current BPC CC-focused research or interventions is an understanding of what CC themselves want to know and how they would like to be involved in research and intervention projects. The conversational prompts for this meeting will include:1. The current state of knowledge on issues that relate to equity and inclusion in computing disciplines at CCs. Some examples of known issues are faculty shortages, professional development, lack of consistent articulation/transfer guidelines, lack of student supports (e.g., financial, remediation) and unclear or disconnected curricular pathways.2. Identification of opportunities to enable CCs to more fully engage in the national movement to broaden participation in computing. This will include organizational constructs that need to be in place (e.g., administrative buy-in), effective interventions (e.g., culturally responsive and gender equitable teaching practices), relevant partners (e.g., university, industry, K-12) across geographies; and incentives to spur action.3. Next steps for CC engagement.