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Summer faculty retraining in computing: a report on four programs

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SIGCSE '85: Proceedings of the sixteenth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education

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https://doi.org/10.1145/323287.323394

Published: 01 March 1985 Publication History

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Summer faculty retraining in computing: a report on four programs
1. Applied computing
  1. Enterprise computing
2. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education
      1. Computing education programs
        Computer science education
    2. Computing profession
      1. Computing occupations

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SIGCSE '85: Proceedings of the sixteenth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education

March 1985

378 pages

ISBN:0897911520

DOI:10.1145/323287

Chairmen:
Norman E. Gibbs
Bowdoin College
,
Harriet G. Taylor
Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge
,
Della T. Bonnette
Univ. of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette
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Editor:
James E. Miller
Univ. of West Florida, Pensacola

ACM SIGCSE Bulletin Volume 17, Issue 1
Mar. 1985
375 pages
ISSN:0097-8418
DOI:10.1145/323275
Chairmen:
Norman E. Gibbs
Bowdoin College
,
Harriet G. Taylor
Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge
,
Della T. Bonnette
Univ. of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette
,
Editor:
James E. Miller
Univ. of West Florida, Pensacola
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