Evaluating Alliances Supported by the NSF-CISE Broadening Participation in Computing Program

美国科学促进会（AAAS）推进科学与工程能力中心提议对NSF扩大参与计算（BPC）计划的联盟组成部分进行为期3年的评估。该能力中心旨在(1)减少所有种族或族裔群体的女性以及传统上服务不足的群体（非裔美国人、拉丁裔美国人、美洲印第安人以及残疾人）在科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）领域的代表性不足；(2)促进结构变革，提高机构的能力，帮助所有毕业生成功进入研究生学习和技术劳动力。这项拟议的评估——将与每个联盟的评估小组合作完成——将阐明“什么可行”和“什么不可行”的实践智慧，并使这些经验可供实践者作为持续扩大计算参与的联盟在当地进行调整。它希望解决以下问题：BPC如何影响社区从教育到工作场所扩大参与的能力？哪些做法对谁、在什么情况下有希望？合作伙伴之间的关系是如何成熟的，如何被利用，以及如何扩大国家计算社区的影响范围？

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Center for Advancing Science & Engineering Capacity proposes to develop and execute a 3-year evaluation of the Alliance component of the NSF Broadening Participation in Computing (BPC) program. The Capacity Center seeks to (1) reduce underrepresentation of women of all racial or ethnic groups and those from traditionally underserved groups (African American, Latino, and American Indian, and persons with disabilities) in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), and (2) promote structural changes that grow the capacity of institutions to aid the successful entry of all graduates into postgraduate study and the technical workforce. This proposed evaluation - to be done in collaboration with the evaluation teams from each Alliance - will illuminate the wisdom of practice on "what works" and "what doesn't work" and make these lessons accessible to practitioners for their own local adaptation as alliances that sustain broadening participation in computing. It hopes to address questions such as How is BPC affecting the capacity of the community to broaden participation from education to workplace? What practices seem promising for whom and in what settings? How are relationships among partners maturing, being leveraged, and expanding the sphere of influence within the national computing community?