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- research-articleMarch 2024
Industry Mentoring and Internship Experiences at a Community College Baccalaureate Program in Software Development
SIGCSE 2024: Proceedings of the 55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 1Pages 456–462https://doi.org/10.1145/3626252.3630878Community college students cite career advancement as their top reason for enrolling, with over 70% of first-year students expecting to participate in an internship as part of their college experience. However, surveys indicate only between 10% and 25% ...
- research-articleFebruary 2020
A Five-Year Retrospective on an Applied Baccalaureate Program in Software Development
SIGCSE '20: Proceedings of the 51st ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science EducationPages 894–898https://doi.org/10.1145/3328778.3366803This experience report documents an intervention that started five years ago, in 2014. Green River College, a community college in a suburb of Seattle, Washington, launched a new applied baccalaureate program in Software Development, with a goal of ...
- panelSeptember 2019
AppConnect NW: A Collaborative Network of Seven Community and Technical College Programs in Software Development
- Kendrick Hang,
- Timothy Mason,
- Brianna Rockenstire,
- Thomas Abbott,
- Brian Bansenauer,
- Steven Balo,
- Stefanie McIrvin
SIGITE '19: Proceedings of the 20th Annual SIG Conference on Information Technology EducationPages 143–144https://doi.org/10.1145/3349266.3351398AppConnectNW is a network of seven community and technical colleges in the Puget Sound offering applied baccalaureate degrees in software and application development. As the need for qualified developers contains to increase, the AppConnect NW colleges ...
- abstractSeptember 2019
Building an Ecosystem of Strategic Partners for New Baccalaureate Programs in Information Technology
SIGITE '19: Proceedings of the 20th Annual SIG Conference on Information Technology EducationPage 171https://doi.org/10.1145/3349266.3351370Strategic partnerships with local organizations such as businesses, non-profit organizations, and neighboring educational institutions provide students with a rich set of learning opportunities, while also benefiting the partner organization. In this ...
- abstractSeptember 2019
Initial Results from an Applied Baccalaureate Program in Software Development
SIGITE '19: Proceedings of the 20th Annual SIG Conference on Information Technology EducationPage 170https://doi.org/10.1145/3349266.3351354Nearly half of the states in the U.S. now authorize community colleges to confer certain baccalaureate degrees, typically applied baccalaureate degrees that are workforce-oriented. Green River College, a community college located in a suburb 25 miles ...