DAPPIC

About

About DAPPIC

The Center for Inclusive Computing (CIC, Northeastern University) and the Center for Evaluating the Research Pipeline (CERP, Computing Research Association) formed the BPC-Alliance DAPPIC: Data Alliance on Persistence and Perception in Computing. DAPPIC’s goal is to integrate department level data collected by CIC and student level data collected by CERP to provide a multi-level look at data on BPC.

Current Activities

Releasing partner-facing dashboards
Designing student experience surveys to be accessible within dashboards

About the CIC

The CIC partners with universities to materially increase the representation of women computing graduates. The CIC collects institutional data on introductory course enrollment and outcomes, and retention and graduation data.

About CERP

CERP partners with computing-related departments to survey undergraduate and graduate students using the Data Buddies Survey (DBS). DBS is used to understand student perceptions of the department and academic outcomes.

Acknowledgements

DAPPIC is supported by an award from the U.S. National Science Foundation (2216629).

Partners

This page includes the 28 university partners who participate in the CIC’s Data Program and CERP’s DBS.

Barnard College
California State University, Long Beach
Colorado School of Mines
Colorado State University
Columbia University
Cornell University
George Mason University
Michigan State University
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
San Diego State University
Stony Brook University
Texas State University
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Riverside
University of California, Santa Barbara
University of Central Florida
University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana
University of Michigan
University of Minnesota
University of North Carolina, Charlotte
University of Nebraska, Lincoln
University of South Florida
University of Texas, Austin
University of Texas, San Antonio
University of Utah
University of Washington, Seattle
University of Wisconsin, Madison

Short Course Surveys

Frequently, when CIC partner schools are analyzing CS1-3 enrollment and outcome data in CIC Data Visualization Dashboards, schools would like more information on student motivation and experience. While departments can gain a wealth of insight from CRA Data Buddies Survey (DBS), instructors need this type of information in real time for specific student populations (i.e. those enrolled in CS1 in fall semesters). In response to this need, DAPPIC offers three 5-10 minute short-form surveys, built from a subset of tried-and-true DBS measures.

Surveys

The following surveys are currently available for use by departments interested in surveying students at various points in the academic semester.

Two-Week Survey – gather information about enrollees and inform potential adjustments during the term. Distribute in class!
End of Term Survey – identify impact of adjustments made after Two Week Survey and/or inform potential adjustments in future terms. Distribute in class!
Drop/Withdraw Survey – better understand the experience and motivation of students who chose not to complete the course. Distribute when students drop or withdraw!

Insights

Departments that engage with our short-form surveys are given real-time reports, which are available based on school-defined ‘groups’. These reports are available through a URL provided to the main contact point for the specific course survey.

Click here to view a sample report

Get Started

If you think you’re ready to get started, you can sign up using our submission form. For instructions on how to implement these surveys, click here.

Get Involved

How can you get involved in DAPPIC

Join the CIC’s Data Program

Through the CIC’s Data Program, schools collect and submit historic and current persistence, retention, and graduation data to our Data Collection Portal. Specifically:

Student enrollment, completion, and faculty/TA support in introductory CS courses
Term-to-term retention and graduation of computing majors
Gender and race/ethnicity of students and introductory course faculty and teaching assistants

Each term schools are able to analyze their institutional data across 9 dashboards – including intro course enrollment, outcomes, persistence, and faculty and TA support, and retention and graduation from the major. Click on the buttons below to see screenshot examples of the CIC dashboards.

Course Outcomes Dashboard Computer Science Graduation Dashboard Computer Science Enrollment Dashboard

Participate in the Data Buddies Survey

Participating in the Data Buddies Survey (DBS) is free for academic departments, thanks to support from the National Science Foundation. Check out cra.org/cerp/data-buddies page to sign-up.
If you have any questions about DBS, please contact CERP here.

Click here to sign up for Data Buddies

Questions or interested in joining? Contact khoury-cic@northeastern.edu