Visualizing Progress in Broadening Participation in Computing: The Value of Context
Standard analysis of a CS degree data does not account for the changing demographics of the undergraduate population.
Valerie Barr
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What Must All Post-Secondary Students Learn about Computing?
Expanding students' understanding of computing's potential.
Gender Diversity in Computing: Are We Making Any Progress?
Recently I came across notes for a talk I gave in 1991 about women and computer science. It was depressing to read through it. Change the date and I could give the same talk today. How can that be?
How We Teach CS2All, and What to Do About Database Decay
Valerie Barr considers how to make computer science education meaningful and relevant to all, while a team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory offers strategies to counter database decay.
Introducing CS to Newcomers, and JES As a Teaching Tool
Valerie Barr gets high schoolers thinking about CS, while Mark Guzdial mulls the benefits of Jython Environment for Students.
How We Teach Should Be Independent Of Who We Are Teaching
A look at teaching and diversity in Computer Science.
Valerie Barr considers the continuing attraction of the woman considered the first computer programmer.
Why Is Ada Lovelace Still the Woman That Young (and Not So Young) Women Look To?
I was lucky enough to represent ACM and ACM-W at the recent Ada Lovelace Symposium at Oxford University.
How Men Can Help Women in CS; Winning ‘Computing’s Nobel Prize’
Valerie Barr suggests how men can better promote women in computing, while Michael Stonebraker shares how it feels to receive the top honor in the computer science field.
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