The STARS Leadership Corps: Case studies in broadening participation in computing

Author

Dahlberg, Teresa ; Barnes, Tiffany ; Rorrer, Audrey ; Seals, Cheryl ; Lustria, Mia ; Hawkes, Lois

Author_Institution

Univ. of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC

fYear

2008

fDate

22-25 Oct. 2008

Abstract

We have formed the STARS Alliance to address alarming declines in computing enrollments and the need to broaden participation in computing. Our innovative STARS Leadership Corps engages college students in a community dedicated to giving back, persevering, and striving for excellence. The successful Corps model incorporates best practices in recruiting and retention in computing, including student experiences in outreach, research, and service. We present case studies of three diverse implementations of the STARS Leadership Corps that demonstrate how the Corps can be tailored to individual institutions and student interests.

Keywords

computer science education; STARS Alliance; STARS Leadership Corps; college student; computer science education; computing enrollment; student recruiting; student retention; Best practices; Computer applications; Computer science education; Educational institutions; Employee welfare; Engineering profession; Human factors; Peer to peer computing; Recruitment; Seals; Broadening participation; Computer science education; Human Factors; Leadership; Management; Service;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education Conference, 2008. FIE 2008. 38th Annual

Conference_Location

Saratoga Springs, NY

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1969-2

Electronic_ISBN

0190-5848

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.2008.4720551

Filename

4720551