Special Projects (CNS): National Center for Women and Information Technology (NCWIT) - Building the Computing Workforce of the 21st Century

科罗拉多大学提议扩大和扩大国家妇女与信息技术中心(NCWIT)，以此作为增加女性S有意义地参与信息技术职业的一种手段。NCWIT寻求为所有种族、年龄和残疾状况的女孩和妇女提供平等的计算能力。NCWIT是一个由300多家公司、学术机构和非营利组织组成的联盟，致力于实现各级计算改革的全国统一方法。S的合作伙伴关系和合作广泛涉及K-12、高等教育以及美国的技术和研究人员队伍。NCWIT创建和管理国家计划和活动，为多层次的学习社区提供基础设施，使成员能够采取内部行动，试验改革努力，合作，扩大规模和创新。NCWIT以研究为基础的资源建设了实施变革、提高认识和接触关键人群的能力。S在这方面取得了很大的成功，并将通过以下方式扩大其影响力：(1)扩大其学习社区；(2)改善与多样性和计算相关的研究基础；(3)通过合作推广努力，提高全国的意识和发言权。NCWIT在成功克服阻碍女性参与计算机的复杂和挥之不去的条件方面具有得天独厚的优势。越来越多的女性？S在IT领域的参与对全国产生了深远的影响。信息和计算技术不仅以前所未有的方式渗透到我们日常生活的方方面面，而且工程和科学发现和创新现在越来越依赖于计算科学。增加合格的计算专业人员队伍支持国家倡议的目标，我们的经济、安全、国防和医疗保健系统都是以计算为中心的。增加妇女的参与不仅有助于实现国家目标，而且通过整合不同的思想，改善计算机系统、应用程序和产品的开发和设计，同时帮助克服妇女的经济差距。

The University of Colorado proposes to extend and scale the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) as a means to increase women?s meaningful participation in information technology careers. NCWIT seeks parity in computing for girls and women of all ethnicities, ages, and disability status. NCWIT is a coalition of more than 300 corporations, academic institutions, and non-profits committed to a nationally unified approach for realizing computing reform at all levels. NCWIT?s partnerships and collaborations have broad reach into K-12, higher education, and the U.S. technical and research workforce. NCWIT creates and manages national programs and campaigns to provide an infrastructure for a multi-tiered learning community, making it possible for members to take internal action, pilot reform efforts, collaborate, scale, and innovate. NCWIT research-based resources build capacity for implementing change, raising awareness, and reaching out to critical populations. NCWIT has a strong record of success, and will amplify its impact through (1) extending its learning communities, (2) improving the research base related to diversity and computing and (3) increasing national awareness and voice through collaborative outreach efforts.NCWIT is uniquely situated for successfully overcoming the complex and lingering conditions that hinder women?s participation in computing. Increasing women?s participation in IT has far-reaching national consequences. Not only do information and computing technologies pervade all aspects of our everyday lives in an unprecedented way, but engineering and science discovery and innovation are now increasingly dependent on computational science. Increasing the pool of qualified computing professionals supports the goals of national initiatives and our economic, security, defense, and health care systems are computing-centered. Increasing the participation of women not only supports national goals, but also improves the development and design of computing systems, applications, and products through the integration of diverse ideas while helping to overcome economic disparities for women.