Mid-Atlantic Workshop on Revitalizing Undergraduate Computing Education

新泽西理工学院获得了CISE特别项目奖，在美国大西洋中部地区举办了一个关于本科计算教育转型的研讨会。本次研讨会的目的是提供一个论坛，以catalzye本科计算教育的转型，并传播有关新的NSF倡议，如CISE途径振兴本科计算教育（CPATH）的信息。 这种转变对于美国的信息技术（IT）劳动力准备和美国的持续领先地位至关重要。S.技术创新。 这个项目的智力价值在于协同效应，将带来在本科计算教育领域具有广泛专业知识的有思想的个人聚集在一起。 更广泛的影响在于对计算机教育的潜在影响，从而对美国各地的广泛学生产生影响。近年来，尽管计算机专业毕业生的就业需求不断攀升，但这些专业的学生人数却有所下降。值得注意的是，考虑主修计算机的女性和少数民族学生的数量下降得更快，进一步限制了可用人才的数量。确定创新战略，在计算机学科中增加和附加广泛的学生，将产生巨大的影响，不仅在加强国家的经济，而且在维护机会平等。

New Jersey Institute of Technology has received a CISE Special Projects award to convene a workshop in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States on the transformation of undergraduate computing education. The purpose of this workshop is to provide a forum to catalzye the transformation of undergraduate computing education and to disseminate information about new NSF initiatives, such as CISE Pathways to Revitalized Undergraduate Computing Education (CPATH). Such a transformation is critical to the information technology (IT) workforce preparation and the continued preeminence of the U. S. in technology innovation. The intellectual merit of this project lies in the synergies that will follow from bringing together thoughtful individuals with wide-ranging expertise in the area of undergraduate computing education. The broader impact lies in the potential impact on computing education and thus a broad range of students across the United States. The number of students majoring in computing disciplines has declined in recent years even though employment demands for graduates in these disciplines continues to climb. Significantly, the number of women and minority students who consider the possibility of majoring in computing has fallen even more dramatically, further restricting the pool of available talent. Identifying innovative strategies to add and attach a broad range of students in computing disciplines will have enormous impact not only in terms of strengthening the nation's economy but also in preserving equality of opportunity.