Title :
Work In Progress: Technology Leadership Institute: Enhancing the Pipeline for Blacks in Technology Fields
Author :
Groover, Tonya R. ; Kabara, Joseph F. ; Falk, Andrew
Author_Institution :
Technol. Leadership Inst., Pittsburgh Univ., PA
Abstract :
In 2004 African Americans (12.2% of the population) received 3.1% of the total bachelor degrees in computer science in the United States. The Technology Leadership Institute (TLI) is designed to identify the social, economic & academic barriers that inhibit these students from pursuing 4-year degrees in computer science. The goal of the TLI is to encourage students to take an interest in the computer and information sciences and to build the knowledge and skills necessary to gain admission into competitive computer science programs
Keywords :
computer science education; educational institutions; information science education; social aspects of automation; African Americans; Technology Leadership Institute; academic barriers; computer science; economic barriers; information science; social barriers; technology field; Career development; Computer displays; Computer science; Computer science education; Educational institutions; Educational programs; Educational technology; Engineering profession; Mathematics; Pipelines; computer science; high school; minority; pre-college; technology;
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education Conference, 36th Annual
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0256-5
Electronic_ISBN :
0190-5848
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.2006.322501
