Founded in 2019, the Center for Inclusive Computing (CIC) is partnering with over 100 universities across the U.S. to create equitable access to computing education.
We work with university presidents, provosts, deans, chairs, and faculty to remove institutional barriers and implement research-backed interventions to expand students’ opportunities to discover, persist in, and graduate from computing programs.
103
unique Partner Schools implementing 60+ undergraduate and 50+ graduate interventions
$30M
in grant funding has been provided to CIC Partner Schools to date
30%
of US undergraduate computing degrees earned in CIC Partner Schools
What we do
We work with computing departments and colleges to make their computing programs more inclusive. We help our Partner Schools diagnose institutional barriers that prevent students from discovering, majoring, and graduating in computing and identify the specific systemic changes they can make based on their institutional context.
We support each of our partner schools in tracking the progress of their interventions through data collection. These data allow the school to see trends and changes in who is trying, persisting, majoring, and graduating in computing term by term, year over year.
Who do we work with?
The CIC has partnered with over 100 colleges and universities across the US working on 60+ interventions at the undergraduate level and 50+ interventions at the graduate level.
At the undergraduate level, we work with deans, chairs, faculty, and advisors to identify and remove the institutional barriers that make it difficult for students to discover, persist, and graduate with a BS or BA in computing.
At the graduate level, we work with deans, chairs, faculty, and advisors to create intentionally designed and well-supported pathways that enable students who are new to tech to pursue an MS in computing (computer science, AI, data science, cybersecurity).
CIC Partner Schools are located in 30+ states across the country and represent a diverse array of institutions.
Interventions
We identify, implement, analyze, and amplify interventions that promote an inclusive computing environment in a wide variety of university contexts. For each intervention, we publish research papers—often in collaboration with CIC consultants and other experts—publish opinion pieces, and share case studies and other tools.
Learn moreWhat impact is CIC having?
The CIC measures the impact of our work by changes in enrollment in CS1, CS2, and CS3, in computing majors, in pass rate—and ultimately, in completion rates.
Learn more about our impact
Case studies
Colorado State University
Creating a “CS0” that appeals to a wide audience, introduces programming and satisfies a general education requirement.
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University of Washington
Supporting the recruitment, training and evaluation of teaching assistants at scale
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Florida International University
Offering both BA and BS in computing degree options
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