Mentoring

Advice for New Mentors, HTML

Computing Research Association Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research Career Mentoring Workshops, PDF

Council for Undergraduate Research: Elements of Mentoring, Expectations, and Practical Information, HTML

National Academy of Science: Advisor, Teacher, Role Model, Friend, HTML

The Mentor, HTML -- a free electronic publication about academic advising in higher education

Student Resources

Keeping What We've Got: Effective Strategies for Retaining Minority Freshmen in Engineering , NACME Research Letter, September 1999, PDF, 140 KB.

Computing Research Association Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research Graduate School Information Guide, PDF -- a grad school guide

Post Doc: To Be or Not To Be?, Powerpoint, 1.04 MB -- by Doug Densmore, UC Berkelely Post Doc

Minorities at Majority Institutions

The Relationships Among Racial Identity, Perceived Ethnic Fit, and Organizational Involvement for African American Students at a Predominantly White University by T. Chavous, Journal of Black Psychology, February 2000, PDF, 63 KB

“A Fly in the Buttermilk”: Descriptions of University Life by Successful Black Undergraduate Students at a Predominately White Southeastern University, M. Davis, Y. Dias-Bowie, K. Greenberg, G. Klukken, H. R. Pollio, S. P., Thomas, C. L. Thompson, The Journal of Higher Education, PDF, 98 KB

College in Black and White: Campus Environment and Academic Achievement of African American Males by J. E. Davis, The Journal of Negro Education, Vol. 63, No. 4, Autumn 1994, PDF, 1.83 MB

The Continuing Significance of Racism: Discrimination Against Black Students at White Colleges by J. R. Feagin, Journal of Black Studies, Vol. 22, No. 4, June 1992, PDF, 734 KB

A National Analysis of Diversity in Science and Engineering Faculties at Research Universities by D. J. Nelson, PDF, 5.19 MB

Promoting National Minority Leadership in Science and Engineering: A Report on Proposed Action by R. Tapia, D. Chubin, C. Lanius, Rice University Report, October 2000, PDF, 400 KB

Recruitment and Retention of Underrepresented Minority Graduate Students in Computer Science, W. Aspray and A. Bernat, Coalition to Diversify Computing Report, March 2000, PDF, 211 KB

Recruitment and Retention of Women Graduate Students in Computer Science and Engineering, J. Cuny and W. Aspray, Computing Research Association Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research Report, June 2000, PDF, 192 KB

Statistics and Trends, Enrollment and Degree Production

Conference on Understanding Interventions that Encourage Minorities to Pursue Research Careers, May 10, 2008. Washington, DC, HTML

SAT Subject Tests Face New Scrutiny, by Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Ed, March 17, 2008, HTML

CS PhD Students Study Computer Science Retention Practices, HTML

"True Diversity Doesn't Come From Abroad," by Richard A. Tapia, Rice University, Chronicle of Higher Education, 54 (2007): B34
or see here, Tapia article in September 2007 Chronicle of Higher Ed.

Computing Research Association Taulbee Study, HTML
The principal source of information on the enrollment, production, and employment of Ph.D.s in computer science and computer engineering in North America.

Continued Drop in CS Bachelor's Degree Production and Enrollments as the Number of New Majors Stabilizes, Jay Vegso, Computing Research News, Vol. 19, No. 2, March 2007, HTML

WebCASPAR: Integrated Science and Engineering Resources Database, National Science Foundation, HTML

"White Male Graduates Outpace Women, Minorities in Landing Jobs", National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) report, , May 23, 2007, PDF, 47 KB.