Collaborative Research: BPC-AE: STARS: Catalyzing Action-Oriented Academic Communities for Broadening Participation in Computing

解决女性、黑人和西班牙裔学生在计算机学位课程中代表性不足的长期问题至关重要，为所有人以技术控制者和创造者的身份参与我们的社会和全球经济提供公平的基础，并促进培养多元化、创新和有竞争力的技术劳动力。在STARS计算军团联盟扩大计算机参与的成功基础上，STARS催化剂项目的目标是：1)增加坚持计算机学位课程的女性、黑人和西班牙裔学生的数量，2)促进在计算机领域历史上代表性不足的群体的学生和教师的职业发展。通过对STARS Catalyst活动的研究和评估，该项目将推进有关实践的知识，这些实践旨在增加持久性，并支持大学计算机专业的学生和教师，特别是那些来自计算机领域代表性不足和交叉群体的学生和教师在计算机领域的职业发展。STARS催化剂联盟是天普大学、北卡罗莱纳州立大学、肯特州立大学、佛罗里达州立大学、摩根州立大学和北卡罗莱纳州夏洛特大学共同努力的结果。STARS计算机军团扩大计算机参与联盟（BPC）将学院、大学和社区学院的计算机教师和学生聚集在一个实践社区，共同致力于采取行动促进计算机领域的多样性、公平性和包容性。STARS计算军团的会议、社区和网络创造了重要的机构和人力资源，可以将BPC研究扩展到更多的研究人员、教育工作者、管理人员、计算机系和K-20学生，并可以显著增加在BPC努力中采取行动的人数。先前的结果表明，STARS计算军团联盟增加了STARS学生和教师坚持计算的意愿，黑人学生和教师的结果也有所提高。该项目将显著扩展STARS联盟以扩大这些影响：1)包括新的合作伙伴，扩大STARS的范围，并强调黑人和西班牙裔学生和教师的参与，特别是来自新兴的西班牙裔服务机构和社区学院；2)创建新的项目元素，在计算部门内测试新的和传播基于证据的BPC实践；3)利用伙伴关系来支持以身份为中心的亲和团体，4)发展在行业职位上工作的STARS校友团体，以促进向技术劳动力的过渡和保留。STARS领导力团计划、STARS启动计划和STARS庆祝会议的扩展将有助于开发和宣传基于证据的方法，旨在改善黑人和西班牙裔学生的计算机教学，并为其有效性建立证据，RESPECT研究会议将继续推进同行评审的BPC奖学金。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

It is critical to address the longstanding issue of underrepresentation of women, Black, and Hispanic students in computing degree programs to provide an equitable foundation for all to participate in our society and the global economy as controllers and creators of technology, and to advance the preparation of a diverse, innovative, and competitive tech workforce. Building on the prior success of the STARS Computing Corps Alliance for Broadening Participation in Computing, the goal of the STARS Catalyst project is to: 1) increase the number of women, Black, and Hispanic students that persist in computing degree programs, and 2) advance the careers of students and faculty from groups that have been historically underrepresented in computing. Through research and evaluation around STARS Catalyst activities, this project will advance knowledge about practices designed to increase persistence and support career advancement in computing for college computing students and faculty, particularly for those from underrepresented and intersectional groups in computing. The STARS Catalyst Alliance is a collaborative effort across Temple University, North Carolina State, Kent State, Florida State University, Morgan State, and University of North Carolina Charlotte. The STARS Computing Corps Alliance for Broadening Participation in Computing (BPC) engages computing faculty and students at colleges, universities, and community colleges in a community of practice with a shared commitment to take action to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion in computing. STARS Computing Corps conferences, communities, and networks create significant institutional and human resources that can expand BPC research to a larger audience of researchers, educators, administrators, CS departments, and K-20 students, and can dramatically increase the number of people taking action in BPC efforts. Prior results show that the STARS Computing Corps alliance increases intentions to persist in computing among STARS students and faculty, with enhanced outcomes for Black students and faculty. This project will significantly extend the STARS alliance to expand upon those impacts, by 1) including new partners that expand the reach of STARS and that emphasize participation of Black and Hispanic students and faculty, particularly from emerging Hispanic Serving Institutions and community colleges, 2) creating new program elements that test new and propagate evidence-based BPC practices within computing departments, and 3) leveraging partnerships to support identity-focused affinity groups, and 4) developing STARS Alumni groups employed in industry positions to promote transition to and retention within the tech workforce. Extensions to the STARS Leadership Corps program, STARS Launch program, and the STARS Celebration conference will serve to develop and propagate evidence-based approaches aimed at improving the teaching and learning of computing for Black and Hispanic students and build evidence of their effectiveness, and the RESPECT research conference will continue to advance peer-reviewed BPC scholarship.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.