Departmental Plans for Broadening Participation in Computer Science

General Introduction: A multi-day informational workshop about Departmental BPC Plans. Participants broke into working groups to draft Context and Mission sections of their plans, got direct feedback from consultants, and were able to interact with speakers.

Event Resources:

• Jeff Forbes – The NSF CISE Broadening Participation in Computing (BPC) Initiative
• Nancy Amato – The Department BPC Plan – Overview
• Mary Hall – The Department BPC Plan – Context & Mission
• Colleen Lewis – The Department BPC Plan – Goals & Activities
• Tracy Camp – The Department BPC Plan – Metrics for Success

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 the NSF.

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