Use this postcard to encourage a student to apply for the Aspirations in Computing (AiC) High School Award.

The NCWIT Aspirations in Computing (AiC) High School Award honors 9th-12th grade women, genderqueer, or non-binary students for their computing-related achievements and interests, and encourages ...

   

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is committed to addressing the lack of diversity in the computing workforce by encouraging practices and programs that focus on ...

The NCWIT Engagement Practices Framework outlines actions faculty can take in their classrooms and beyond to help broaden participation in computing. It is organized around ...

School counselors are eager to direct students to viable education and career opportunities. Consider these key points for collaboration as you plan to meet with ...

Inspired by teachers creating Bitmoji virtual classrooms, NCWIT has assembled a set of interactive elements to help teachers make all students feel welcome and to ...

Computer Science (CS) — not computer literacy — underlies most innovation today, from biotechnology to geoscience to national security. Computer science teaches students design, logical ...

How can library staff attract girls to their coding and maker programs? This webinar by NCWIT Senior Research Scientist Lecia Barker and Homer, Alaska Youth Services ...

One-page overview of the NCWIT’s Counselors for Computing (C4C) program.

Mentoring programs are an excellent way to support graduate students’ sense of belonging in the local intellectual community and help them move forward in their ...

Research shows that even individuals who consider themselves committed to equality still engage in unconscious forms of bias and discrimination that negatively affect the evaluations ...

There is consensus among researchers that encouragement matters and plays a critical role in engaging more young women and girls in computing. Here are some ...

Task assignment is a key area where bias emerges, exacerbating workplace inequity. Research shows that women and members of other underrepresented groups are more often ...

Did you know some of your greatest allies in advocating for computer science (CS) might work right alongside you every day? CS educators across the ...

Three out of five schools in the U.S. do not offer computing courses that include programming or coding, yet we know that computing jobs are ...

Women in Computing (WIC) groups on college and university campuses can help reduce feelings of isolation and increase a sense of community and belonging. They ...

An often overlooked way to broaden participation in computing is to grow a more inclusive student community and culture. A good way to build this ...

Stereotype threat harms both performance and motivation by reducing our feelings of competence, belonging, and trust in our colleagues. However, careful thought, education, and regular ...

Learn more about using Computation Creativity activities in your introductory computing courses to engage your students and to improve their learning. In this March 2018 ...

Computer Science-in-a-Box: Unplug Your Curriculum introduces fundamental building blocks of computer science — without using computers. Use it with students ages 9 to 14 to ...

This is the third of a regular column that EngageCSEdu is doing for ACM InRoads magazine. The goal of the column is that by highlighting ...

A one-page overview of the NCWIT Workforce Alliance, including outcomes, testimonials, and ways to support its work.

This is the second of a regular column that EngageCSEdu is doing for ACM InRoads magazine. The goal of the column is that by highlighting ...

This is the first of a regular column that EngageCSEdu is doing for ACM InRoads magazine. The goal of the column is that by highlighting ...

These tips can help employees have effective conversations about flexible work options with their managers.

The first step toward an effective flexible workplace is for managers to create an environment where employees feel they can discuss available work-life options without ...

This toolkit contains a variety of resources for people seeking to advance sponsorship, for would-be sponsors, and for protégés looking for a sponsor. Use these ...

Sponsors can make a world of difference in anyone’s career, but research shows that they can be especially important for female or other employees who ...

Research shows that having a sponsor increases both career satisfaction and retention; sponsorship is especially important for employees when they are a minority in a ...

The NCWIT Engagement Practices Framework is a set of three evidence-based principles for engaging and retaining ALL students: Make It Matter, Grow Inclusive Student Community, and Build ...

Use the Survey-in-a-Box: Student Experience of the Major (SEM) to identify strengths and areas for improving your department’s efforts to retain students. The Survey-in-a-Box contains ...

Women and minority students are not in computing courses under the same conditions as their white male classmates. Instructional practices offer opportunities to level the ...

We are in the throes of another undergraduate enrollment surge. The number of new CS/CE majors in bachelor’s programs at Taulbee departments this year has ...

This report provides a comprehensive review of current research on gender-diverse teams. Despite their challenges, they demonstrate superior productivity and financial performance compared with homogenous ...

Effective feedback gives students the information they actually use to increase their learning and improve their performance. It should employ a “growth mindset” that focuses ...

Use the e-Textiles-in-a-Box tutorial and get ready to teach young people about electronics and computing. Based on the Computational Textiles Curriculum and Sew Electric from ...

The recent upsurge in enrollments in computing means that student attrition has a substantial opportunity cost. Admitting a student who leaves both reduces graduation yield and prevents another ...

Encouragement increases self-efficacy, which is the belief in one’s ability to successfully perform a task. Because we are more likely to engage in tasks that ...

This Talking Point Card explains stereotype threat and how it is triggered, shares examples of effects from stereotype threat, and suggests ways to create a ...

This slide deck is a companion piece to the NCWIT Talking Point Card Talk with Faculty Colleagues About Stereotype Threat (www.ncwit.org/stereotypethreattp). You can hand out the card ...

Introduce students to computer science through AgentCubes, a powerful and engaging 2-D and 3-D programming tool. By completing the lessons in this program-in-a-box, your middle ...

This resource provides tips mid-career technical women can use to advance their careers.

Engage students not already drawn to computing by creating academic and social environments where these students feel like they belong. Students respond positively to solving ...

Employees report that the supervisory relationship is one of the most significant factors in their decision to leave or stay with an organization. Are you, ...

This resource features ten ways male advocates say they support technical women and promote diversity efforts in their organizations. Use the ideas to influence your ...

Supervising-in-a-Box: Employee Recruitment/Selection provides supervisors with resources for recruiting and hiring the best talent. This “Box” includes background information, a training guide, tip sheets, resources ...

Increasing your visibility is important for advancing your career. This list includes ten things that highly successful women say they do in order to increase ...

This resource includes ten important recommendations supervisors can readily adopt to improve retention for all employees. They are particularly useful for retaining women and employees ...

This resource highlights ten important recommendations supervisors or managers can readily adopt to improve visibility of their employees. These recommendations are particularly useful for improving ...