Advancing Gender Equity by Scaling Systemic Change in Community College Computing Programs with Research-Based Resources and Communities of Practice

通过基于研究的资源和实践社区扩大社区大学计算项目的系统性变革，促进性别平等

• 批准号: 2329678
• 负责人: Jamie Ward
• 金额: $ 94.31万
• 依托单位: University of Colorado at Boulder
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2024-01-01 至 2026-12-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2329678&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Advancing; Gender; Equity; Scaling; Systemic

This project aims to serve the national interest by focusing on the computing education and workforce development at two-year institutions. Recognizing the increasingly crucial role of community colleges in education and workforce development in computing and a significant gender gap in computing programs within these institutions, the aim of this research and development project is to address and investigate the systemic issues related to the recruitment and retention of intersectionally diverse women in community college computing programs. The National Center for Women and Information Technology (NCWIT) and its partners, the County College of Morris, and the University of Washington will enhance and tailor existing research-based resources and tools for broadening participation in computing developed and disseminated by NCWIT. These resources are based on scholarly literature and applied experience in increasing awareness and action that are oriented toward fostering gender diversity, equity, and inclusion. This effort tightly couples the development of resources, the facilitation of change through professional development and services, and research into conceptualization and implementation of project activities at local community college campuses. To advance knowledge, the project is pursuing four objectives. First, is adapting existing research-based resources developed for four-year institutions to the two-year institutional context and create new research-based resources. Second, is mapping the resources to the NCWIT’s Undergraduate Systemic Change Model, a framework based on the organization change literature. Third, is to curate and integrate the resources into a ready-to-use online platform and guidance system modified for the two-year college context. Fourth, and finally, is to facilitate Learning Circles and faculty professional development for department action teams from nine community colleges across the country for use in developing plans for systemic change in their computing programs. Based on the complexity of the proposed effort, a comprehensive mixed methods evaluation is guided by in-depth knowledge of NCWIT current efforts and organizational change model; commitment to gender diversity, equity, and inclusion; and tightly coupled research and development activities. The set of evaluation questions are aligned with project activities and their implementation, data collection and analyses, and outcomes. Drawing on this set of informational resources, the quantitative and qualitative evaluation includes six components. First, is resource adaptation review and focus group analyses to assess relevance and remaining gaps in the new NCWIT resources. Second, is beta testing of the Tech Inclusion Journey platform and guidance. Third, is a midpoint survey of Learning Circles to assess organizational change processes and outcomes. Fourth, is a final survey of participants to assess changes in knowledge, motivation, and action over time. Fifth, are bi-monthly project team meetings with review of documents to report on challenges for formative purposes. Sixth, and finally, is assessment of the extent to which resources are filling the need for increasing gender diversity, equity, and inclusion in computing. The NSF program description on Advancing Innovation and Impact in Undergraduate STEM Education at Two-year Institutions of Higher Education supports project that advance STEM education initiatives at two-year colleges. This program description promotes innovative and evidence-based practices in undergraduate STEM education at two-year colleges.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该项目旨在通过关注两年制院校的计算机教育和劳动力发展来服务于国家利益，认识到社区学院在计算机教育和劳动力发展中日益重要的作用以及这些机构内计算机项目中存在的显着性别差距，该研究和开发项目的目的是解决和调查与社区学院计算项目中招募和保留跨领域多元化女性相关的系统性问题。国家妇女和信息技术中心 (NCWIT) 及其合作伙伴县学院。莫里斯大学和华盛顿大学将加强和定制现有的基于研究的资源和工具，以扩大 NCWIT 开发和传播的计算参与。这些资源基于学术文献和提高意识和行动的应用经验，旨在促进性别多样性、公平和包容性。将资源开发、通过专业发展和服务促进变革以及对当地社区大学校园项目活动的概念化和实施的研究结合起来。为了促进知识的发展，该项目追求四个目标：第一，调整现有的研究型项目。开发的资源第二，将资源映射到 NCWIT 的本科生系统变革模型（一个基于组织变革文献的框架）。第四，最后，是为了促进全国九所社区学院的部门行动团队的学习圈和教师专业发展，以供使用。制定计算程序系统性变革的计划。根据拟议工作的复杂性，全面的混合方法评估以对 NCWIT 当前工作和组织变革模式的深入了解为指导；对性别多样性、公平性和包容性的承诺以及紧密结合的评估研究和开发活动。问题与项目活动及其实施、数据收集和分析以及结果相一致，利用这组信息资源，定量和定性评估包括六个组成部分，首先是资源适应审查和焦点小组分析，以评估相关性和剩余性。新的 NCWIT 资源的差距第二，是测试版。第三，是对学习圈的测试，以评估组织变革过程和结果。第四，是对参与者进行的最终调查，以评估知识、动机和行动随时间的变化。每两个月召开一次项目团队会议，审查文件以报告形成性目的的挑战。最后，评估资源在多大程度上满足了计算领域性别多样性、公平性和包容性的需求。关于推进创新和影响力的计划说明两年制高等教育机构的本科 STEM 教育支持推进两年制学院 STEM 教育计划的项目。该计划描述促进两年制学院本科 STEM 教育的创新和循证实践。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命。通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，并被认为值得支持。