NDLI: Young Women in Computing: Creating a successful and sustainable pipeline

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Nesiba, N. Dana-Farley, J. Muhyi, N. Chen, J. Ray, N. Pontelli, E.
Copyright Year	2015
Description	Author affiliation: Dept. of Comput. Sci., New Mexico State Univ., Las Cruces, NM, USA (Nesiba, N.; Dana-Farley, J.; Muhyi, N.; Chen, J.; Ray, N.; Pontelli, E.)
Abstract	Young Women in Computing (YWiC) is an outreach initiative housed in the Department of Computer Science at New Mexico State University (NMSU). The program is designed to increase the number of women introduced to computer science; promote the role and presence of women in the field of computing; improve the retention of female students in computing programs; establish a permanent infrastructure (i.e., pipeline) to promote the participation of women, especially of Hispanic heritage, in computing activities; and, serve as a model of effective computer science outreach practices to reach young women. Since 2006, YWiC programming has reached over 10,200 students. By enhancing interest in computing among student populations, YWiC has successfully created a pipeline into Computer Science and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM-C) undergraduate programs, particularly at NMSU; among the 366 non-repeated summer campers, 99% of the 98 high school graduates attended college in the fall term immediately following their graduation, with 61% declaring a major in a STEM-C field. This paper will present quality practices and lessons that YWiC has learned in order to become a successful and sustainable outreach program in southern New Mexico.
Starting Page	1
Ending Page	9
File Size	1004273
Page Count	9
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781479984541
DOI	10.1109/FIE.2015.7344242
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2015-10-21
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Pipelines Programming profession Sociology Statistics Education Curriculum development Computer science Computer science education Outreach K-12
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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