'As more students see people who look like them taking computer science courses in high school, more students will take notice and follow in their footsteps.'
Often when I speak with students who are majoring in computer sciences, many of them tell me that they have never taken a computer science course until college. This is especially true for the female, black, and Latino students I’ve spoken with as a computer science professor.
Specifically, the figures show the number of black high school students who have taken Advanced Placement Computer Science Principles – a class that involves both computer programming and the social impact of technology – rose 121% since the course launched in 2016, from 2,981 to 6,589. The number of black students who scored a 3 or higher on the AP exam for this course increased 118% since 2017, from 1,269 to 2,766 in 2019, according to a College Board representative.
The number of Hispanic/Latino students who have taken AP Computer Science Principles has increased 125%, from 8,334 to 18,780, since the course began. The number of Hispanic/Latino students scoring a 3 or higher on the AP CSP exam increased 116% since 2017, from 4,742 in 2017 to 10,264 in 2019, according to the College Board.
What do these figures mean? As a professor who studies ways to get more students interested in computer science – and as someone who helped develop and teach an early version of the AP Computer Science Principles course, as well as the exam – I believe these numbers will ultimately result in more students from diverse backgrounds being better positioned to major or minor in computer science. This in turn will help diversify the tech industry.
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