March 12, SIGCSE Report FOCE Summit Panel 1 Getting to a Future of Computing Education Summit Joseph Urban Texas Tech University

March 12, SIGCSE Report FOCE Summit Panel 2 Outline Overview Motivations for CPATH Vision for CPATH Goals and Objectives for CPATH Impact Challenges Summary

March 12, SIGCSE Report FOCE Summit Panel 3 Overview A CISE challenge “Transform undergraduate computing education on a national scale.” Why? “It is essential to U.S. leadership and economic competitiveness across all sectors of society.”

March 12, SIGCSE Report FOCE Summit Panel 4 CPATH Overview Provides leadership in transforming undergraduate computing education on a national scale to meet challenges and opportunities of global economy and future workforce needs New program for 2007 following a year of national workshops for public input 2007 CISE CPATH Team Harriet Taylor and Anita LaSalle (CNS) Joseph Urban (CCF) Sylvia Spengler (IIS)

March 12, SIGCSE Report FOCE Summit Panel 5 CPATH History ICER workshops for public input in 2005 and 2006 CPATH program announced in September 2006 First competition 141 proposals, 118 projects 27 projects funded $6M CPATH funds $5M Educational opportunity/special project funds More comprehensive evaluation added to 10 projects to be involved in quasi-experimental programmatic evaluation led by external evaluator

Outside the Proposer Community Harriet Taylor participation in the 2007 Google Faculty Summit and communication with professional societies Joseph Urban participation in the September 28, 2007 ACM Education Council Meeting March 12, SIGCSE Report FOCE Summit Panel 6

March 12, SIGCSE Report FOCE Summit Panel 7 Motivations for the CPATH Program needs of the U.S. workforce changes in national demographics shifts in global competitiveness movement towards multidisciplinary domains of knowledge in computing applications integrative nature of the field within the discipline and across other domains of knowledge, and future [grand] challenges facing the field and country

March 12, SIGCSE Report FOCE Summit Panel 8 CPATH Vision U.S. workforce with computing competencies and skills imperative to the Nation’s health, security, and prosperity U. S. workforce prepared to contribute to sustained leadership in computing in a wide range of application domains and career fields U. S. workforce with mastery of critical computing concepts, methodologies and techniques to face future challenges

March 12, SIGCSE Report FOCE Summit Panel 9 Goals and Objectives of CPATH Help create a diverse, agile workforce Nurture a workforce capable of leadership in the global innovative enterprise Build awareness of the strategic importance of undergraduate computing education Implement new models for undergraduate computing education Capitalize upon changing demographics in the U.S. workforce Engage national leaders Nurture computing education leaders Promote the formation of partnerships Empower transformation of undergraduate computing education Promote organizational change

March 12, SIGCSE Report FOCE Summit Panel 10 CPATH Impact Raised the national consciousness about transformation of computing education Reached large number of geographic areas and institution types Established collaborations with many disciplines to foster new pathways that will broaden the scope of undergraduate computing

March 12, SIGCSE Report FOCE Summit Panel 11 CPATH Challenges National outreach Dealing with K-12 issues and community Working with and dealing with professional societies, particularly ABET Moving beyond curricular revision ideas to institution transformation models – avoiding incremental changes Encouraging researchers to be involved in educational efforts and fundamentally linking research and educational efforts

March 12, SIGCSE Report FOCE Summit Panel 12 More Challenges Blurring traditional boundaries and models of practice Future funding for larger implementation projects Collaborations with industrial partners and international efforts Developing leaders to sustain communities Changing the image of computing across the nation

March 12, SIGCSE Report FOCE Summit Panel 13 Conclusion Off to a good start – have raised awareness around the nation Importance to American competitiveness – an essential link to make Timing – perhaps now is the right time, achieving buy-in that was not possible before CISE must lead the way in linking research and education in computing disciplines

You Can Participate Involvement in CPATH projects Use CPATH project results Explore professional society activities described next March 12, SIGCSE Report FOCE Summit Panel 14