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Grassroots Push for Computer Science Education Gears Up

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For close to a year, I have been strategizing and working with Randy Raymond, a software engineer at Google, to make access to computer science education the new “Space Race” and create models that schools can scale to deliver instruction to students. We want to create a parallel system of development for computer science and other fields.

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Empowering Community Colleges Through AI: A New Era of Access and Economic Mobility

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Combined with the Apple App Store, which first debuted in 2008 with 500 phone applications, in less than 20 years, technology has revolutionized how the average consumer communicates, entertains themselves, and obtains information. These historical progressions made the relationship between college access and inclusiveness symbiotic.

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UW Gets Google Gift to Diversify Computer Science Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The University of Washington (UW) and Google have announced a $400,000 gift from the tech giant that will go towards efforts to diversify the field of K-12 computer science education. Computer science is one of America’s most critical fields. Students will take a class taught by Ko called Computer Science Equity and Justice.

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University of Miami Computer Science Student Fuels “Accelerate Tech” Pilot Program

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Davenport, a freshman computer science major from Washington Township, New Jersey is the first facilitator for a new computer science “Accelerate Tech” pilot program that has been incorporated into the Saturday school programming at Earlington Heights Elementary School.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Brown, is to advance Latino student success in higher education by promoting Latino student achievement, conducting analysis to inform educational policies and advancing institutional practices. These inform strategic decisions to address inequities and improve outcomes. … Santiago and Sarita E. Neufeldt, president of CSUSM.

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Study: Women in STEM Receive More Job Offers Than Men After Career Services Use

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Women comprise 58% of all 2021 bachelor’s degree recipients but just 22% of recipients in computer and information sciences and only make up 27% of professional computing jobs. When it comes to STEM-related degrees however, undergrad women in STEM who use career services received more job offers than the men.

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Computer science degrees: How demand has both reduced and improved

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Computer science degrees have helped drive university enrollment over the past decade thanks to the strong compensation their graduates can expect in the job market. From 2023-2024, job postings rose by an average of 16% year-over-year in the top 10 occupations associated with computer science.