[neact] Fwd: STEM Education Institute Announcement


The Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education Institute
presents:

Tuesday, April 21, 2009, 4 PM
Hasbrouck Lab, Room 138, University of Massachusetts Amherst

"Broadening Participation in Computing:  A Community College Strategy"

Rick Adrion
Computer Science, University of Massachusetts

Although STEM fields are attracting more women and under-represented
minorities than a decade ago, students with diverse backgrounds still are
not pursuing and succeeding in computing and information technology (IT).
UMass Amherst is hosting a statewide effort to change this, and its
efforts will be the subject of this seminar.

The Commonwealth Alliance for Information Technology Education (CAITE) is
an alliance of 15 Massachusetts public campuses that focuses on community
colleges because of their role as a gateway to careers and further higher
education for underserved populations.  CAITEís outreach extends into four
regions that have high percentages of students who are under-represented
in the knowledge and innovation economy. Building on two yearsí experience
and extensive data, we are strengthening our efforts to develop nurturing
educational pathways and to ensure that students are adequately prepared
to enter them.

The program begins at 4 PM; refreshments at 3:45 PM.
Parking available at the Campus Center Garage.
For more information, contact STEM Ed Institute at 545-0453

Next talk:  May 5, 2009, Katherine McNeill, Lynch School of Education,
Boston College, "Supporting Students in Using Evidence and Reasoning in
Scientific Explanations and Arguments"


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