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"Georgia computes!": improving the computing education pipeline

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Maureen Biggers,

Barbara Ericson,

Sarita YardiAuthors Info & Claims

ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, Volume 41, Issue 1

Pages 86 - 90

https://doi.org/10.1145/1539024.1508899

Published: 04 March 2009 Publication History

Abstract

Computing education suffers from low enrollment and a lack of diversity. Both of these problems require changes across the entire computing education pipeline. The "Georgia Computes!" alliance, funded by the National Science Foundation's Broadening Participation in Computing program, seeks to improve the computing education pipeline in Georgia. "Georgia Computes!" is having a measurable effect at each stage of the pipeline, but has not yet shown an impact across the whole pipeline.

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"Georgia computes!": improving the computing education pipeline
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education
      1. Computing education programs
        Computer science education

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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin Volume 41, Issue 1

SIGCSE '09

March 2009

553 pages

ISSN:0097-8418

DOI:10.1145/1539024

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SIGCSE '09: Proceedings of the 40th ACM technical symposium on Computer science education
March 2009
612 pages
ISBN:9781605581835
DOI:10.1145/1508865
General Chairs:
Sue Fitzgerald
Metropolitan State University
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Mark Guzdial
Georgia Institute of Technology
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Program Chairs:
Gary Lewandowski
Xavier University
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Steven Wolfman
University of British Columbia

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