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, Amy Salter, 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