Ed Board Activities Ed Board Activities Eydie Lawson

Ed Board Activities

Ed Board Activities Eydie Lawson, Ed Board Member

NCAA Issue n 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 n Letter to NCAA n Work collaboratively to identify problems and develop solutions

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

Curriculum Initiatives n Curriculum guidelines – Volume revisions more frequent – IT new addition – CS, IS, MSIS, CE n TYCEC SE transfer curriculum guidelines – SE track in 2 -year CS – Promote articulation agreements n Overview volume (SE, IS, CE, IT) http: //portal. acm. org/citation. cfm? id=971470&coll=GUIDE&dl=GUIDE&ret=1#Fulltext

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

Build International Relationships n British Computing Society n Expand membership to other international organizations n Joint meeting with BCS n Conference presentations

Other Issues n Accreditation n Certification – (ICCP) Institute for Certification Computing Professionals