Participation in Computing: The National Science Foundation's Expansionary Programs

by William Aspray

Book Overview

This book provides a history of the efforts of the US National Science Foundation to broaden participation in computing. The book briefly discusses the early history of the NSF's involvement with education and workforce issues. It then turns to two programs outside the computing directorate (the ADVANCE program and the Program on Women and Girls) that set the stage for three programs in the NSF computing directorate on broadening participation: the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319796852
• ISBN13: 9783319796857
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"