Commonwealth Alliance for Information Technology Education (CAITE)
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The University of Massachusetts Amherst is leading a Commonwealth Alliance for Information Technology Education (CAITE) to design and carry out comprehensive programs that address under representation in information technology (IT) education and the workforce. CAITE will focus on women and minorities in groups that are underrepresented in the Massachusetts innovation economy; that is, economically, academically, and socially disadvantaged residents. |
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New Approaches to
Introductory Computing
As part of CAITE's effort to diversify computing, 30 educators learned alternatives to teaching introductory computing courses to college and high school students this summer. The "media computational" approach and others were fully explored in workshops led by Mark Guzdial of Georgia Tech.
Latest News
- October 25: CAITE Project Director Rick Adrion will present "Broadening Participation in Computing: K12-Community College-University-Graduate Pathways" at the 38th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference in Saratoga Springs, NY
- October 28: Massachusetts STEM Summit V: Implementing the Plan, Sturbridge, MA: CAITE will be featured on a panel about diversity in STEM
