Title :
Work in Progress: Increasing Recruitment of Native American Students in Computing Programs
Author :
Bhajaria, Nishant J. ; Gannod, Gerald C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Arizona State Univ.
Abstract :
While Native Americans make up 6.9% of the population of Arizona, they comprise only 1.9% of the student body at Arizona State University. Additionally, only about 1.9% of the students in Computing and Engineering programs at Arizona State University are Native American. From 1994 to 2005, Native American students constituted between 2% and 3% of Computer Science and Engineering enrollment. Clearly, Native American students are under-represented in computing and engineering in Arizona. This paper describes a curriculum that we are developing to help increase the recruitment of Native American students in the computing programs at Arizona State University
Keywords :
computer science education; social aspects of automation; Native American students; computing programs; educational curriculum; Bridges; Computer science; Computer science education; Cultural differences; Demography; Educational institutions; Educational programs; Engineering profession; Recruitment; Taxonomy; Computer science; Enrollment; Native American; Undergraduate;
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.2006.322296
