BPC-A AccessComputing Alliance

BPC-A 访问计算联盟

• 批准号: 0540615
• 负责人: Richard Ladner
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Washington
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-02-15 至 2010-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0540615&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: BPC; AccessComputing; Alliance

The Department of Computer Science and Engineering and DO-IT IT (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking and Technology) at the University of Washington propose to create the AccessComputing Alliance for the purpose of increasing the participation of people with disabilities in computing careers. Alliance partners Gallaudet University, Microsoft, the NSF Regional Alliances for Persons with Disabilities in STEM (hosted by the University of Southern Maine, New Mexico State University, and UW), and SIGACCESS of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and collaborators represent stakeholders from education, industry, government, and professional organizations nationwide. Alliance activities apply proven practices to support persons with disabilities within computing programs. To increase the number of students with disabilities who successfully pursue undergraduate and graduate degrees, the alliance will run college transition and bridge, tutoring, internship, and e-mentoring programs. To increase the capacity of postsecondary computing departments to fully include students with disabilities in coursers and programs, the alliance will form communities of practice, run capacity-building institutes, and develop systemic change indicators for computing departments. To create a nationwide resource to help students with disabilities pursue computing careers and computing educators and employers, professional organizations and other stakeholders to develop more inclusive programs and share effective practices, the alliance will create and maintain a searchable AccessComputing Knowledge Base of FAQs, case studies, and effective/promising practices.These activities will build on existing alliances and resources in a comprehensive, integrated effort. They will create nationwide collaborations among individuals with disabilities, computing professionals, employers, disability providers, and professional organizations to explore the issues that contribute to the underrepresentation of persons with disabilities and to develop, apply and assess interventions. In addition, they will support local and regional efforts to recruit and retain students with disabilities into computing and assist them in institutionalizing and replicating their programs. The alliance will work with other Alliances and organizations that serve women and underrepresented minorities to make their programs accessible to students with disabilities. Finally they will collect and publish research and implementation data to enhance scientific and technological understanding of issues related to the inclusion of people with disabilities in computing.

华盛顿大学计算机科学与工程系和 DO-IT IT（残疾、机会、网络互联和技术）提议创建访问计算联盟，以提高残疾人对计算职业的参与度。联盟合作伙伴包括加劳德特大学、微软、NSF STEM 残疾人区域联盟（由南缅因大学、新墨西哥州立大学和华盛顿大学主办）以及计算机协会 (ACM) 的 SIGACCESS 和合作者代表利益相关者来自全国教育、工业、政府和专业组织。联盟活动应用经过验证的实践来支持计算项目中的残疾人。为了增加成功攻读本科和研究生学位的残疾学生数量，该联盟将开展大学过渡和桥梁、辅导、实习和电子辅导项目。为了提高高等教育计算部门的能力，将残疾学生充分纳入课程和项目中，该联盟将组建实践社区，运营能力建设机构，并为计算部门制定系统性变革指标。为了创建一个全国性资源，帮助残疾学生追求计算机职业，帮助计算机教育者和雇主、专业组织和其他利益相关者开发更具包容性的计划并分享有效的实践，该联盟将创建和维护一个可搜索的 AccessComputing 知识库，其中包含常见问题解答、案例研究以及有效/有希望的实践。这些活动将以现有的联盟和资源为基础，进行全面、综合的努力。他们将在残疾人、计算机专业人员、雇主、残疾服务提供者和专业组织之间建立全国性的合作，以探讨导致残疾人代表性不足的问题，并制定、应用和评估干预措施。 此外，他们还将支持地方和区域努力招募和留住残疾学生进入计算机领域，并协助他们制度化和复制他们的项目。该联盟将与其他为妇女和代表性不足的少数群体服务的联盟和组织合作，使残疾学生能够参与其项目。最后，他们将收集并发布研究和实施数据，以加强对与残疾人参与计算相关问题的科学和技术理解。