Improving computer science diversity through summer camps

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. Categories and Subject Descriptors K.3.2 [Computing Milieux]: Computers and EducationComputer and Information Science Education[Computer science education] General Terms Human Factors Keywords Summer Camps, Gender, Diversity Dennis P. Groth The Sc...

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2008
• Where: SIGCSE
• Authors: Dennis P. Groth, Helen H. Hu, Betty Lauer, Hwajung Lee
• Keywords: Camps, Education, Keywords Summer Camps, SIGCSE 2008, Summer Camps