{"id":3878,"date":"2017-06-06T14:18:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-06T18:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=3878"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:06:22","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:06:22","slug":"u-m-wins-ncwit-next-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2017\/06\/06\/u-m-wins-ncwit-next-award\/","title":{"rendered":"U-M wins NCWIT NEXT Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The College of Engineering&#8217;s Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) division received <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eecs.umich.edu\/eecs\/about\/articles\/2017\/NCWIT-Award.html\">a NCWIT Extension Services Transformation\u00a0(NEXT) Award<\/a>\u00a0for excellence in efforts to attract undergraduate women to the field of computing. Sponsored by the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncwit.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Center for Women &amp; Information Technology (NCWIT)<\/a>\u00a0and Google, NEXT Awards honor academic departments that show improved outcomes in increasing women\u2019s meaningful participation in computing education. CSE&#8217;s recruiting efforts focus on undeclared undergraduate students and include the redesign of the introductory class, bias training for course staff and students, and efforts to maintain gender diverse teaching assistants. Retention efforts include the use of relevant course content and department sponsorship of student groups for women. These initiatives have been rewarded by consistent upward trends for female majors and graduations.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4082\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/estransformationawards_logo_fullcolor_highres.png\" alt=\"&quot; &quot;\" width=\"240\" height=\"101\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/estransformationawards_logo_fullcolor_highres.png 240w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/estransformationawards_logo_fullcolor_highres-125x53.png 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The College of Engineering&#8217;s Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) division received a NCWIT Extension Services Transformation\u00a0(NEXT) Award\u00a0for excellence in efforts to attract undergraduate women to the field of computing. Sponsored by the\u00a0National Center for Women &amp; Information Technology (NCWIT)\u00a0and Google, NEXT Awards honor academic departments that show improved outcomes in increasing women\u2019s meaningful participation in computing education. 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