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SIGCSE
2008
ACM
132views Education» more  SIGCSE 2008»
13 years 6 months ago
A case study of retention practices at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Computer science is seeing a decline in enrollment at all levels of education. One key strategy for reversing this decline is to improve methods of student retention. This paper, ...
Tanya L. Crenshaw, Erin W. Chambers, Heather Metca...
KDD
1994
ACM
117views Data Mining» more  KDD 1994»
13 years 10 months ago
Application of the TETRAD II Program to the Study of Student Retention in U.S. Colleges
We applied TETRAD II, a causal discovery program developed in Carnegie Mellon University's Department of Philosophy, to a database containing information on 204 U.S. colleges...
Marek J. Druzdze, Clark Glymour
ACMDIS
2010
ACM
13 years 4 months ago
Design's processional character
In this paper, we examine the ideas behind and reactions to a prototype online tool designed, in-house, for an art college's interaction design department. The web-based prot...
Laurel Swan, Diana Tanase, Alex S. Taylor
FECS
2006
80views Education» more  FECS 2006»
13 years 8 months ago
A Redesigned Undergraduate Data Communication and Networking Course Incorporating Theory and Practice
Data Communication and Computer Networking is a traditional undergraduate CS course. Classic teaching focuses on communication protocol and algorithm analysis, plus socket programm...
Ziping Liu
FECS
2006
152views Education» more  FECS 2006»
13 years 8 months ago
Lessons Learned From Different Types of Projects in Software Engineering
Educators teaching software engineering face a large problem when trying to assign "real world" projects. Should the instructors make up "real world" projects ...
Jennifer A. Polack-Wahl