Collaborative: The STARS Aligned: How the STARS Computing Corps Broadens Participation in Computing

该奖项是 STARS 计算军团扩大计算参与联盟 (BPC) 的一年延期。扩展的主要研究目的是调查有关 STARS 计算军团联盟对其过去和当前扩大计算参与的努力的影响的研究问题。这种纵向评估有可能阐明 BPC 联盟的成功组成部分及其作为计算多样性、公平性和包容性问题上的国家资源的作用。此外，这项研究的结果可以进一步扩展有关实践的知识，这些实践旨在提高本科生、研究生和教师，特别是那些来自代表性不足群体的计算机领域的持久性和支持职业发展。通过 STARS 支持的会议、社区和网络将继续创造重要的机构和人力资源，从而将 BPC 研究的影响范围扩大到更多的研究人员、教育工作者、管理人员、CS 部门和 K-20 学生。除了了解 STARS 计算军团对代表性不足的学生和教师的计算持久性和职业发展的纵向影响外，这项工作还旨在 1) 正式化现有的 STARS 努力，以传播 BPC 最佳实践； 2）扩大STARS在线资源，旨在建设参与BPC评估和研究的能力； 3）开发虚拟STARS校友社区； 4) 通过 STARS Celebration 和 RESPECT 继续支持 BPC 的学术界。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，认为值得支持。

This award is a one-year extension of the STARS Computing Corps Alliance for Broadening Participation in Computing (BPC). The primary research aim of extension is to investigate research questions around the impact of the STARS Computing Corps Alliance on its past and current efforts to broaden participation in computing. This longitudinal evaluation has the potential to elucidate successful components of BPC Alliances and their role as national resources on issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion in computing. Further, the results of this study could further extend knowledge about practices designed to increase persistence and support career advancement in computing for undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty, particularly for those from underrepresented groups. The conferences, communities, and networks supported through STARS will continue to create significant institutional and human resources that could increase the reach of BPC research to a larger audience of researchers, educators, administrators, CS departments, and K-20 students.In addition to understanding the longitudinal impact of the STARS Computing Corps on computing persistence and career advancement for underrepresented students and faculty, the work also aims to 1) formalize existing STARS efforts for propagating best-practices for BPC; 2) expand STARS online resources designed to build capacity for engaging in BPC evaluation and research; 3) develop a virtual STARS alumni community; and 4) continue to support an academic community for BPC through STARS Celebration and RESPECT.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.