Higher Education

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Get to Know NCWIT’s Undergraduate System Model

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

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

Computing: Get the Most Out of Your College Degree

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

Male Advocates and Allies: Promoting Gender Diversity in Technology Workplaces

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

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

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 and synchronous sessions,...

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

Organizations can join the Higher Ed Alliance to benefit from an exclusive invitation to the annual NCWIT Summit, guidance in applying research-based strategies for creating positive organizational cultures, advancing the computing workforce, and more.

Individuals can also volunteer through NCWIT outreach and recognition programs. Recognize students for their computing aspirations, honor faculty for their outstanding mentorship, recruit at virtual career fairs and student-focused conferences, and more.

The Higher Ed Alliance is funded in part by Microsoft Research.

Higher Ed Alliance Members