Alliances

Broadening Participation in Computing (BPC) is realized in many different ways. One of these ways is through Alliances, which are defined as “broad coalitions of academic institutions of higher learning, K-12 schools, government, industry, professional societies, and other not-for-profit organizations that design and carry out comprehensive programs addressing underrepresentation in the computing disciplines. They have a large regional or national scope. Alliances operate across multiple stages of the academic pipeline and address one or several intended groups that are underrepresented. Collectively, Alliances serve as a national resource for achieving the transformation of computing education.” (source: NSF page on Broadening Participation in Computing).

BPCnet.org tracks BPC Alliances and INCLUDES Alliances that are primarily focused on the domain of computing. See below for these Alliances:

Current Alliances
Alliance name Principal Investigator(s) Alliance type
AccessComputing (Alliance for Access to Computing Careers) Richard Ladner BPC
AIICE (Alliance for Identity-Inclusive Computing Education) Alicia Washington INCLUDES
ALL-SPICE (Alliance Supporting Pacific Impact through Computational Excellence) Helen Turner INCLUDES
CAHSI (Computing Alliance of Hispanic-Serving Institutions) Ann Gates BPC, INCLUDES
CRA-WP (Computing Research Association’s Committee on Widening Participation in Computing Research) Sandhya Dwarkadas BPC
CSforALL Leigh Ann DeLyser  BPC
DAPPIC (Data Alliance on Persistence and Perception in Computing) Carla Brodley BPC
ECEP (Expanding Computing Education Pathways) Carol Fletcher BPC
iAAMCS (Institute for African-American Mentoring in Computing Sciences) Juan Gilbert, Kinnis Gosha, Cheryl Seals BPC
LEAP (Diversifying Leadership in the Professoriate) Stafford Hood, Charles Isbell, Valerie Taylor BPC
NCWIT (National Center for Women & Information Technology) Lucinda Sanders BPC
REAL-CS (Researching Equity and Antiracist Learning in CS) Joanna Goode, Jean Ryoo BPC
Socially Responsible Computing: Promoting Latinx student retention via community engagement in early CS courses Eun-Young Kang, Paul Salvador Inventado, Yu Sun, Zoe Wood, Ilmi Yoon BPC
STARS Computing Corps Tiffany Barnes, Edward Dillon, Susan Fisk, Jamie Payton, Ebrahim Randeree, Audrey Rorrer BPC

This list will be updated periodically. Last update: September 2022