The Impact of Access: Expanding Opportunities for African-American, Latino/a, and Female Students to Learn Higher Level Computer Science in High Schools

2004年，加州大学洛杉矶分校教育与信息研究研究生院（GSEIS）、加州大学洛杉矶分校亨利·塞缪尔利工程与应用科学学院（HSEAS）的教师和洛杉矶联合学区（LAUSD）的官员——计算机科学公平协作（CSEC）——组成了一个联盟。该联盟的目的是解决女性、非裔美国人和拉丁裔学生在高中计算机科学（CS）领域代表性不足的问题。CSEC的第一个努力是为LAUSD大学预修课程（AP） CS教师举办暑期课程，在少数民族学生人数较多的LAUSD高中开设了11门全新的AP CS课程。教师们接受了爪哇语的指导，并参与了关于征聘和保留代表性不足的学生的讨论。由于暑期研修，LAUSD的AP CS课程数量增加了一倍，参加AP CS的LAUSD女学生数量增加了两倍，参加AP CS的LAUSD拉丁裔/非裔学生数量增加了两倍，参加AP CS的LAUSD非裔学生数量增加了一倍。学校校长承诺为这些课程提供支持。加州大学洛杉矶分校获得了特别项目基金，以支持其参与第二个暑期学院，为校长和其他有兴趣为代表性不足的学生扩大AP CS学习机会的关键利益相关者提供一个以加州大学洛杉矶分校为基础的暑期会议，在全年制学校进行后续研究，继续在夏季运营，并进一步发展新的合作倡议。

In 2004, an alliance between faculty from the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies (GSEIS), the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science (HSEAS), and officials from the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD)-the Computer Science Equity Collaborative (CSEC)--was formed. The purpose of the alliance is to address the under-representation of female, African-American, and Latino/a students in computer science (CS) at the high school level.The first endeavor of the CSEC was a summer institute for LAUSD Advanced Placement (AP) CS teachers that resulted in 11 brand-new AP CS courses in LAUSD high schools with high minority student populations. Teachers were given instruction in Java as well as being engaged in discussions on recruiting and retaining underrepresented students. As a result of the summer institute, the number of AP CS courses in the LAUSD doubled, the number of LAUSD female students enrolled in AP CS tripled, the number of LAUSD Latino/a students tripled, and the number of LAUSD African-American students enrolled in AP CS doubled. Principals of the schools committed to providing support for these courses.UCLA has been awarded Special Projects funds to support its participation in a second summer institute, to provide a UCLA-based summer conference meeting of principals and other critical stakeholders who are interested in expanding access to AP CS for under-represented students, to conduct follow-through research in year-round schools that continue to operate through the summer, and to further develop new collaborative initiatives.