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Improving computer science diversity through summer camps

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Dennis P. Groth,

Helen H. Hu,

Betty Lauer,

Hwajung LeeAuthors Info & Claims

ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, Volume 40, Issue 1

Pages 180 - 181

https://doi.org/10.1145/1352322.1352197

Published: 12 March 2008 Publication History

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Summer camps offer a ripe opportunity for increasing computer science diversity. This panel provides several examples of summer camps that specifically recruit from traditionally underrepresented demographics. The panelists run camps at a community college, a private liberal-arts college, and public universities. The camps are residential and day camps, coed and all-female camps, ranging from three-days to two-weeks long, with campers from 10-years-olds to high school seniors. In addition to describing their camps, the panelists will provide information on securing funding, recruiting campers from underrepresented populations, measuring impact, and lessons learned along the way. Demonstrations of what campers accomplished will also be shown.

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L. A. Milbourne. Encouraging girls in science and math. The Eric Review K-8 Science and Mathematics Education, 6(2):45--47, Fall 1999.

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Improving computer science diversity through summer camps
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    1. Computing education
      1. Computing education programs
        Computer science education

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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin Volume 40, Issue 1

SIGCSE 08

March 2008

549 pages

ISSN:0097-8418

DOI:10.1145/1352322

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SIGCSE '08: Proceedings of the 39th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
March 2008
606 pages
ISBN:9781595937995
DOI:10.1145/1352135
General Chairs:
J. D. Dougherty
Haverford College
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Susan Rodger
Duke University
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Program Chairs:
Sue Fitzgerald
Metropolitan State University
,
Mark Guzdial
Georgia Institute of Technology

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