Tag Archive: CRA-WP

Articles relevant to the CRA Committee on Widening Participation in Computing Research (CRA-WP).

Widening Participation Spotlight: Amanda Holloman, University of Florida


By Matt Hazenbush, Director of Communications, and Elora Daniels, Communications Associate As part of CRA’s mission to raise awareness and engagement in efforts to widen participation in computing, Computing Research News presents a Q&A series titled “Widening Participation Spotlight: Conversations with Underrepresented Computing Researchers.” This series highlights the work of community members who are actively […]

Expanding the Pipeline: Hack Your Way to an Undergraduate Research Group


By Brian Harrington, University of Toronto Scarborough Involving undergraduate students in research can improve their academic performance, raise their self-esteem, and make them more likely to consider graduate school. Starting an undergraduate research group, especially for a teaching-stream faculty, can feel like a daunting task that requires lots of time, energy, and money. But with […]

CERP Infographic: Where Are They Now? Exploring the Career Paths of Past Participants of Grad Cohort for IDEALS and Grad Cohort for Women


By Eniola Idowu, Research Associate, CERP The CRA-WP’s Grad Cohort for Women (GCW) and Grad Cohort for IDEALS (GC-IDEALS) workshops have significantly influenced the career trajectories of their participants. CERP summarized the career advancement of past GCW and GC-IDEALS attendees who have successfully earned their Master’s or Doctoral degrees using Data Buddies Surveys data (2018-2023), […]

Expanding the Pipeline: Will ChatGPT Expand Diversity in Computing? We don’t think so. Reasons for Concern and Paths Forward


By Lamia Youseff, Ph.D. with the help of Claude 3 Sonnet Since the launch of ChatGPT, there has been immense public interest in how AI may disrupt industries, replace some human workers and even create new jobs. Like any transformative technology, the recent rise of large language models (LLMs) and generative AI has sparked both […]

Computer and Information Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowships (CSGrad4US)


By Margaret Martonosi (Princeton University), Jill Denner (NSF), and Jeff Forbes (NSF)  In 2022, 100,699 students in the U.S. completed bachelor’s degrees in computer science, computer engineering and information science at a public or not-for-profit institution. Eighty nine percent of these students were U.S. citizens or permanent residents according to the National Center for Education […]

Expanding Career Pipelines by Unhiding the Hidden Curriculum of University Computing Majors


by Philip Guo, Associate Professor of Cognitive Science, UC San Diego Everyone who attends college learns a formal curriculum by taking classes, but there is also a hidden curriculum just beneath the surface of their college experience. This hidden curriculum consists of the “unspoken lessons, norms, values, and perspectives that impact learning and academic performance. […]