Work in progress - student retention and recruitment in computer science programs

Abstract

The majority of research on computer science student recruitment and retention has focused on underrepresented groups, mostly women. Dwindling computer science enrollment is raising interest in recruitment and retention of not just underrepresented students, but all students. This paper describes an effort to build a research collaborative in order to (1) develop research on student recruitment and retention, (2) collect data about student recruitment and retention, and (3) develop new approaches to improve student recruitment and retention. This paper also discusses results from a California State University workshop on computer science student recruitment and retention.