BPC-AE: Scaling the STARS Alliance: A National Community for Broadening Participation through Regional Partnerships

北卡罗来纳大学夏洛特分校(北卡罗来纳大学夏洛特分校)提议对STAR(学术、研究和服务领域的学生和技术)联盟进行第二次扩展。STAR是一个全国性社区，它利用区域伙伴关系扩大妇女、代表性不足的少数群体和残疾人在计算机领域的参与。其标志性和催化性计划是STAR Leadance Corps，该计划为学生提供指导、专业发展以及研究和服务机会，从而提高计算学生的多样性、入学率和毕业率。这一扩展将使联盟的规模从目前的20所大学和学院扩大到50所，每所大学和学院都是各自地区联盟的中心，这些联盟由K-12学校、社区学院、行业和社区组织组成。这一规模扩大的联盟将专注于将STAR领导力团队(SLC)制度化，作为一项为期多年的课程计划，通过学生、专业人员和教育工作者分级参与研究和公民参与来促进地区伙伴关系。-加强STARS庆典，这是一个国家论坛，旨在连接区域社区，以便在小岛屿发展中国家、STARS示范项目和其他BPC倡议方面进行合作。-用开创性的技术创建STAR社交网络，以支持与手机游戏和连接技术相结合的充满活力的实践社区。-展示一项新的本科生分层研究体验(TREU)计划--扩展STARS指导和结对编程示范项目--在BPC数字图书馆BPCPortal.org内创建一个SLC实践集合。最后，这一扩展将催生STARS研究所，这是一个非营利性组织，将支持每年的STARS庆祝和社区会议。

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte) proposes a second extension to the STARS (Students & Technology in Academia, Research, and Service) Alliance. STARS is a national community that uses regional partnerships to broaden the participation of women, under-represented minorities, and persons with disabilities in computing. Its signature and catalyzing program is the STARS Leadership Corps, which provides students with mentoring, professional development and opportunities for research and service, resulting in higher computing student diversity, enrollments, and graduation rates. The extension will scale the Alliance from its current size of 20 universities and colleges to 50, each the center of their own regional alliance of K-12 schools, community colleges, industries, and community organizations. The scaled alliance will focus on - Institutionalizing the STARS Leadership Corps (SLC) as a multi-year curricular program that catalyzes regional partnerships through the tiered participation of students, professionals, and educators in research and civic engagement. - Enhancing the STARS Celebration, a national forum to connect regional communities for collaboration on the SLC, STARS demonstration projects, and other BPC initiatives. - Creating the STARS Social Network with pioneering technology to support a vibrant community of practice integrated with mobile games and CONNECT technology. - Demonstrating a new Tiered Research Experiences for Undergraduates (TREU) program- Scaling the STARS Mentoring and Pair Programming demonstration projects - Creating an SLC Practices Collection within the BPC Digital Library at BPCPortal.org Finally, the extension will spawn the STARS Institute, a nonprofit that will sustain the annual STARS Celebration and Community Meeting.