Group 2: Context Within the mission of CRA, there are unmet needs in education. Problems to address: –Fluctuation in enrollments over time –Continued lack of diversity, size, and quality in undergraduate education which impacts research quality. –We don’t know answers to important questions like leakpoints and overall quality. –There is an opportunity for us to compete for the best and brightest American undergraduate students to become Computing PhD students. The “person on the street” does not understand the value of a computing education or the value of computing research. –Difficulty to express idealistic vision(s) as a field, and the excitement is not distributing down well –Not good at explaining what a degree in computer science means o CRA’s investment in CCC and NSF’s requirement of an educational component require an engagement in education

Agreed upon points CRA should not duplicate current active efforts (like accreditation) but further coordination could be useful. Industry has demands that cannot be met currently It is within the mission of CRA to address this context and to do so will require organizational enhancement. –Other STEM fields have made effective changes to improve in these same dimensions The solution to the enrollment problem is multi-faceted. –Curriculum changes are one aspect of this –The pipeline for our research programs is long and starts with K- 12 students and parents

Separate from CRA-E This could be the right time for the exploration of possible formation of an ASCE –Some of the things that ASCE could bring to the table (such as existing CSEd infrastructure, industry, diversity groups) are: An educational component at the K-12 level Influencing the computing education of college-bound high school students and the general public Influencing not just what but also how education takes place across the spectrum of computing education –CRA-E could be ASCE for member institutions A model to expand later

Recommendations to CRA Create a subcommittee modeled on CRA-W Possible Roles: –Gather innovations from its member institutions which includes corporations and disseminate them, perhaps through existing channels like SIGCSE and FIE –Focus on graduate and undergraduate education at levels beyond curricular foci (e.g. conveying excitement of computing, etc) –Measure the educational enterprise among member institutions (but also more broadly)