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Strategies for Retention and Recruitment of
Women and Minorities in Computer Science and
Engineering
ROBERT AKL, DAVID KEATHLY, and RYAN GARLICK
University of North Texas, Computer Science and Engineering,
Denton, TX 76203, USA. E-mail. rakl@cse. unt.edu, dkeathly@unt.edu
and garlick@unt. edu
This paper describes the efforts and results of a plan for actively recruiting students
to undergraduate computer science and engineering programs at the University of
North Texas (UNT). It also describes a series of activities aimed at improving
retention rates of students already in our programs. Such recruitment and retention
of students is critical to the country's efforts to increase the number of engineering
professionals, and is a priority for the Computer Science and Engineering (CSE)
Department at UNT.
INTRODUCTION
Computer science and engineering communities have been exploring efforts to attract
more students, especially women and minorities, to computer science and engineering
degree programs and to retain them once they are there [1]. This paper describes the
efforts and results of a plan for actively recruiting students to undergraduate computer
engineering programs at the University of North Texas (UNT). It also describes a series
of activities aimed at improving retention rates of students already in our programs. Such
recruitment and retention of students is critical to the country's efforts to increase the
number of engineering professionals, and is a priority for the Computer Science and
Engineering (CSE) Department at UNT.
Students often arrive at the decision to go into engineering because they performed
well in mathematics and science in high school. However, they typically lack a realistic
understanding of what computer engineering is. Students struggling with the transition
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Akl, Robert G.; Keathly, David & Garlick, Ryan. Strategies for Retention and Recruitment of Women and Minorities in Computer Science and Engineering, article, 2007; [Arlington, Virginia]. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30855/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT College of Engineering.