Information Technology Workforce - ITWF: Information Technology Educational Pathways of African Americans: A Synthetic Study with NELS 1988-2000 Data and Case Studies

Information

• NSF Award
• 0120096

Owner

• CSR, INC.

• Award Id

  0120096

• Award Effective Date

  10/1/2001 - 23 years ago

• Award Expiration Date

  9/30/2004 - 20 years ago

• Award Amount

  $ 415,302.00

• Award Instrument

  Continuing grant

ABSTRACT<br/>Proposal Id: EIA- 0120096<br/>PI: Gary G. Huang, Patricia C. Thompson and Young-Hee Yoon<br/>Institution: CSR, Inc<br/>Title: Information Technology Educational Pathways of African-Americans: A Synthetic Study with NELS 1988-2000 Data and Case Studies.<br/><br/>This award to CSR, Incorporated provides support for a 3-year study to examine the secondary and postsecondary educational pathways that African-American youth follow to pursue information technology(IT) careers. The study will distinguish specific factors linked to the successful pursuit of IT education from other generic predictors of educational attainment. The finding are intended to guide sound policy and program decisions that will support an equitable participation of African -Americans in the IT education and workforce. The study will compare the educational pathways taken by African-Americans to pursue careers in IT with similar pursuits in other"pre-professional" careers in law, medicine, and business administration, and the fields of science, mathematics, engineering, and technology

• Program Officer

  Caroline E. Wardle

• Min Amd Letter Date

  9/27/2001 - 23 years ago

• Max Amd Letter Date

  8/16/2004 - 20 years ago

• ARRA Amount

• Name

  CSR, Incorporated

• City

  Arlington

• State

  VA

• Country

  United States

• Address

  2107 Wilson Blvd

• Postal Code

  222013402

• Phone Number

  7033125220

• First Name

  Gary

• Last Name

  Huang

• Email Address

  ghuang@csrincorporated.com

• Start Date

  9/27/2001 12:00:00 AM

• End Date

  07/13/2002

• First Name

  Young-Hee

• Last Name

  Yoon

• Email Address

  yhyoon@csrincorporated.com

• Start Date

  9/27/2001 12:00:00 AM

• First Name

  Patricia

• Last Name

  Thomson

• Email Address

  pthomson@csrincorporated.com

• Start Date

  9/27/2001 12:00:00 AM

• End Date

  08/24/2003

• Name

  Human Subjects

• Code

  116000

• Text

  WORKFORCE

• Code

  1713

• Text

  INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY WORKFORE

• Code

  2883

• Text

  BASIC RESEARCH & HUMAN RESORCS

• Code

  9218

• Text

  HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING & COMM