Special Projects (CNS): National Center for Women and Information Technology (NCWIT): Moving Toward Sustainability for Women in Computing

科罗拉多大学提议扩大和扩大国家妇女信息技术中心（NCWIT）的规模，以增加妇女在信息技术事业中有意义的参与。NCWIT寻求所有种族、年龄和残疾状况的女孩和妇女在计算方面的平等。NCWIT是一个由企业、学术机构和非营利组织组成的联盟，致力于在全国范围内统一实现各级计算改革。NCWIT的伙伴关系和合作关系广泛涉及K-12，高等教育以及美国的技术和研究人员。NCWIT创建和管理国家项目和活动，为多层学习社区提供基础设施，使成员能够采取内部行动，试点改革努力，合作，扩大规模和创新。NCWIT基于研究的资源为实施变革、提高认识和接触关键人群建立了能力。NCWIT有着良好的成功记录，并将通过以下方式扩大其影响力：(1)扩展其学习社区，(2)改善与多样性和计算相关的研究基础，以及(3)通过合作外展努力提高国家意识和声音。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独特的地位。增加妇女对信息技术的参与具有深远的全国性影响。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，而且工程和科学的发现和创新现在也越来越依赖于计算科学。增加合格计算机专业人员的数量支持国家计划的目标，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，而且还可以通过整合各种想法来改进计算机系统、应用程序和产品的开发和设计，同时有助于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 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.