CRA Update: Keeping you in the know

By Erik Russell, CRA Director of Programs, Lauren Lashlee, CRA Program Associate, Evelyn Yarzebinski, CERP Senior Research Associate, and Kristi Kelly, CERP Senior Research Associate

Attention Faculty: Support broadening participation in computing efforts by encouraging eligible graduate students to apply for the 2023 CRA-WP Graduate Cohort Workshops. Applications for both workshops are now being accepted and will close on November 30, 2022.

Grad Cohort IDEALS
The CRA-WP Grad Cohort Workshop for Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Leadership Skills (GC-IDEALS) will take place March 23-25, 2023 at The ‘Alohilani Resort Waikiki Beach in Honolulu, HI.

Grad Cohort for Women
The Grad Cohort Workshop for Women (GC-Women) will be held April 20-22, 2023 at The Palace Hotel in San Francisco, CA.

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Upcoming Deadlines

Are You Working on the Taulbee Survey?
The CRA Taulbee Survey is in progress.
The deadline for the salary section is December 2, 2022.
Mid-January 2023 : Preliminary salary report available to participants.
January 27, 2023: Due date for the main Taulbee section.

Other Upcoming Deadlines

November 25, 2022 – CRA-E Undergraduate Research Faculty Mentoring Award Nomination Deadline
November 30, 2022 –  Grad Cohort for Women Application Deadline
November 30, 2022 –  Grad Cohort for Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Leadership Skills – IDEALS Workshop Application Deadline

December 16, 2022 – CRA Board of Directors Nomination Deadline

January 19, 2023 – CRA-E Graduate Fellows Program  Nomination Deadline
January 27, 2023 – Distinguished Service Award Nomination Deadline
January 27, 2023 – A. Nico Habermann Award Nomination Deadline

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Doctoral Students Are More Satisfied with Their Advisor Relationships than Terminal Master’s Students Are

By Kristi Kelly, CERP Senior Research Associate

CRA’s Data Buddies Survey 2021 data indicate that students in doctoral programs are more likely than their peers in terminal master’s programs to report being satisfied with their advisor relationships across a set of advisory domains.

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Undergraduate BPC Literature Database Launch

By Chantra Nhien of the Momentum team

UCLA’s Momentum and CRA are excited to launch an Undergraduate BPC Literature Database that compiles scholarship on broadening participation in undergraduate computing. The focus of the included papers ranges from the implementation and evaluation of BPC interventions to theoretical pieces around broader social forces that cause longstanding inequalities in computing.

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