Alice Steinglass, Vice President of Product and Marketing at Code.org, will be speaking on "Increasing Equity in Computer Science" today at 11:00 a.m. in the Kauffman Great Hall. This event is free and open to the public with a reception following.
Abstract:
Why do girls represent half of AP Calculus students but 20% of AP Computer Science? In top research universities, why are only 11% of Computer Science and Computer Engineering graduates black or Hispanic? We'll look at how we can close the opportunity gap. At this point Code.org has over 2 million girls enrolled in computer science classes and our user base is 37% black and Hispanic. We'll look at how we can change the pattern from kindergarten through high school.
More information about the visit:
Alice Steinglass will give a talk on the UNL campus, before meeting with Lincoln Public Schools (LPS) officials. She is here to attend the NETA'2016 symposium at Omaha and is scheduled to give three talks at the symposium. Dr. Leen-Kiat Soh, together with Dr. Kent Steen of LPS, have worked together to have Alice Steinglass here to discuss K-12 CS education. The Department of Computer Science and Engineering at UNL, under the leadership of Dr. Matt Dywer, has co-sponsored Alice Steinglass's visit via its BRAID initiative funding.