Higher Education

The NCWIT Higher Ed Alliance (HiEA) seeks to broaden participation in computing by connecting with faculty and staff in computing programs across the country. We accomplish this through a three-pronged approach that includes building community among like-minded colleagues, educating on promising practices, and equipping them with tools to make data-driven decisions and effect systemic change.

Higher Education

Supporting students’ computing education is a team effort: faculty, staff, and administration are all responsible for creating inclusive processes and environments. NCWIT offers ways to structure curriculum for student success, to understand and combat the effects of unconscious bias and stereotype threat, to examine recruitment and retention trends, to identify problem areas, measure progress, and more.

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The System Model for Graduate Programs

Exit Survey for CS Students Who Leave the Major

Get to Know NCWIT’s Undergraduate System Model

By the Numbers

By the Numbers (pocket sized)

NCWIT Partner Reports

Survey-in-a-Box: Student Experience of the Major

Top 10 Ways to Grow Your Undergraduate Computing Program

NCWIT Scorecard: The Status of Women’s Participation in Computing

Improving Equity and Access for Graduate Students with Disabilities

Gearing Up for Change in Higher Education

Who Invents IT? Women’s Participation in Information Technology Patenting (2022 Update)

NCWIT Engagement Practices Framework

Powertilt: Understanding Power & Influence on Technical Teams

Evaluation Tools

Virtual Classroom Décor for Computer Science and Tech Educators

Learning From Young Women: A Multi-year NCWIT Research Study

¿Qué camino en computación es el adecuado para mí?

Which computing pathway is right for me?

Inclusive Environmental Assessment Guide

Los 10 mejores consejos para que la familia logre que las niñas se interesen en la computación

Top 10 Ways Families Can Encourage Girls’ Interest in Computing

Top 10 Ways to Create and Sustain Computing Student Organizations on Your Campus

The Beautiful Noise of Peer Instruction: An Interview with Beth Simon

Computation Creativity: An Interview with UNL’s Elizabeth Ingraham and Leen-Kiat Soh

Broadening Participation by Supporting Great Teaching

Top 10 Ways to be an Effective Sponsor

Top 10 Ways to Cultivate Relationships with Potential Sponsors

Top 10 Ways to Build Welcoming Academic Websites

Critical Listening Guide

Computing: Get the Most Out of Your College Degree

Top 10 Ways to Engage Students in Computing

NCWIT Tips: 8 Ways to Give Students More Effective Feedback Using a Growth Mindset

Male Advocates and Allies: Promoting Gender Diversity in Technology Workplaces

REU-In-A-Box: Expanding the Pool of Computing Researchers

Pair Programming-in-a-Box: The Power of Collaborative Learning

Communicating for Change in Higher Education

Exploring Factors that Influence Computer Science Introductory Course Students to Persist in the Major

Get Involved

Aspirations in Computing (AiC) Collegiate Award

The AiC Collegiate Award honors the outstanding computing accomplishments of undergraduate and graduate students.

BridgeUP STEM: Building the Future of Computing

BridgeUP STEM provides opportunities for low-income, first generation Atlanta-area students to learn the skills of computer science and research methodology within a research university setting.

Conversations for Change

Conversations for Change is an online thought leadership series that brings together educators, entrepreneurs, corporate executives, social scientists, and others to fully immerse themselves in research-based recommendations and peer-to-peer discussions to further inclusivity in computing.

Higher Ed Learning Circles

NCWIT Learning Circles Meet online with colleagues and NCWIT staff throughout the academic year in small groups (one person per institution) to learn about strategic planning and how to enact data-informed promising practices. Through asynchronous...

Higher Ed Recognitions

NCWIT offers awards that honor faculty’s inclusion efforts relative to their students and departments’ significant positive outcomes in women’s enrollment and graduation rates.

Tech Inclusion Journey

The Tech Inclusion Journey (TIJ)TM is a unique, scalable software platform that empowers change leaders in corporations and higher education institutions to implement systemic, sustainable approaches to the creation of inclusive cultures.

Join the Alliance

Higher Ed Alliance members can gain support from social scientists and connect to a network of like-minded colleagues dedicated to broadening participation in computing, through the annual NCWIT Summit and other convenings.

Members have opportunities to access actionable promising practices, receive guidance in applying evidence-based strategies for leading systemic change, participate in learning events, and volunteer for NCWIT outreach and recognition programs.

Higher Ed Alliance Members