BPC-A AccessComputing Alliance

华盛顿大学计算机科学与工程系和DO-IT IT(残疾、机会、互联网和技术)建议创建AccessComputing联盟，目的是增加残疾人对计算机职业的参与。联盟合作伙伴加拉德特大学、微软、NSF STEM残疾人区域联盟(由南缅因州大学、新墨西哥州大学和威斯康星大学主办)和计算机械协会(ACM)的SIGACCESS及其合作者代表了来自全国教育、行业、政府和专业组织的利益相关者。联盟活动应用经过验证的做法，在计算机项目中支持残疾人。为了增加成功获得本科和研究生学位的残疾学生数量，该联盟将运行大学过渡和桥梁、辅导、实习和电子指导计划。为了提高中学后计算机系将残疾学生完全纳入课程和课程的能力，该联盟将组成实践社区，运营能力建设研究所，并为计算机系制定系统性变化指标。为了创建一个全国性的资源，帮助残疾学生从事计算机职业，计算机教育工作者和雇主、专业组织和其他利益相关者制定更具包容性的计划并分享有效的实践，该联盟将创建和维护一个可搜索的AccessComputing知识库，其中包括常见问题、案例研究和有效/有前途的实践。这些活动将以全面、综合的努力建立在现有联盟和资源的基础上。他们将在全国范围内建立残疾人个人、计算机专业人员、雇主、残疾提供者和专业组织之间的合作，以探索导致残疾人代表性不足的问题，并制定、应用和评估干预措施。此外，他们将支持地方和地区努力招收和留住残疾学生进入计算机专业，并协助他们将其项目制度化和复制。该联盟将与其他为妇女和代表不足的少数族裔提供服务的联盟和组织合作，使残疾学生能够享受他们的项目。最后，他们将收集和出版研究和实施数据，以加强对与将残疾人纳入计算机的相关问题的科学和技术了解。

The Department of Computer Science and Engineering and DO-IT IT (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking and Technology) at the University of Washington propose to create the AccessComputing Alliance for the purpose of increasing the participation of people with disabilities in computing careers. Alliance partners Gallaudet University, Microsoft, the NSF Regional Alliances for Persons with Disabilities in STEM (hosted by the University of Southern Maine, New Mexico State University, and UW), and SIGACCESS of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and collaborators represent stakeholders from education, industry, government, and professional organizations nationwide. Alliance activities apply proven practices to support persons with disabilities within computing programs. To increase the number of students with disabilities who successfully pursue undergraduate and graduate degrees, the alliance will run college transition and bridge, tutoring, internship, and e-mentoring programs. To increase the capacity of postsecondary computing departments to fully include students with disabilities in coursers and programs, the alliance will form communities of practice, run capacity-building institutes, and develop systemic change indicators for computing departments. To create a nationwide resource to help students with disabilities pursue computing careers and computing educators and employers, professional organizations and other stakeholders to develop more inclusive programs and share effective practices, the alliance will create and maintain a searchable AccessComputing Knowledge Base of FAQs, case studies, and effective/promising practices.These activities will build on existing alliances and resources in a comprehensive, integrated effort. They will create nationwide collaborations among individuals with disabilities, computing professionals, employers, disability providers, and professional organizations to explore the issues that contribute to the underrepresentation of persons with disabilities and to develop, apply and assess interventions. In addition, they will support local and regional efforts to recruit and retain students with disabilities into computing and assist them in institutionalizing and replicating their programs. The alliance will work with other Alliances and organizations that serve women and underrepresented minorities to make their programs accessible to students with disabilities. Finally they will collect and publish research and implementation data to enhance scientific and technological understanding of issues related to the inclusion of people with disabilities in computing.