Departmental BPC Plan Workshops at SIGCSE 2023

General Information: A multi-day in-person and virtual workshop that focused on coordinating Broadening Participation in Computing (BPC) work. Participants engaged in hands-on activities; refined specific BPC goals; and ultimately created an outline of a full Departmental BPC Plan. The speakers also included discussion of next steps, plan verification process, and an invitation to an active Slack workspace.

Event Resources: Workshop Agenda

Eligibility: This workshop was open to the computing department faculty and administrators that developed Departmental Plans for their department; non-academic staff; research institute personnel; Diversity, Equity, and inclusion (DEI) professionals; and leaders from other broadening participation related organizations. Registrants did not need prior experience developing Departmental BPC Plans.

Funding: This workshop was funded by NSF. Attendees were reimbursed for their travel expenses in accordance with CRA’s Travel Policy.

CRA Code of Conduct: The full Code of Conduct is available here.