Ed Board Activities

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Ed Board Activities
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Ed Board Activities

• Eydie Lawson, Ed Board Member

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NCAA Issue

• For students first entering NCAA institutions on
  or after August 1, 2005, computer science courses
  cannot be used to meet initial-eligibility
  requirements.
• http//www.ncaa.org/eligibility/cbsa/academic.html
  
• Letter to NCAA
• Work collaboratively to identify problems and
  develop solutions

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Modernizing the Education Board

• Responsible for leadership and oversight of ACM
  educational activities
• Membership and future leadership
• Add younger members
• Modify structure to widen participation
• Include other constituencies
• Education Council

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Curriculum Initiatives

• Curriculum guidelines
• Volume revisions more frequent
• IT new addition
• CS, IS, MSIS, CE
• TYCEC SE transfer curriculum guidelines
• SE track in 2-year CS
• Promote articulation agreements
• Overview volume (SE, IS, CS, CE, IT)
• http//portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id971470coll
  GUIDEdlGUIDEret1Fulltext

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Curriculum

• Ontology project
• Ed Board supports non-US members
• Java Task Force (Eric Roberts)
• Materials for first-year computing students
• Final report due June 2005
• Great Principles of Computing project
• Committee of 20
• Define computing field beyond programming

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Build International Relationships

• British Computing Society
• Expand membership to other international
  organizations
• Joint meeting with BCS
• Conference presentations

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Other Issues

• Accreditation
• Certification
• (ICCP) Institute for Certification Computing
  Professionals