TY - GEN
T1 - Providing Supplemental Programs for First Generation and/or Low-Income CS Students in Trying Financial Times
AU - Bricker, Lauren
AU - Hickmon, Javon
AU - Bowe, Lonnie
AU - Payton, Jamie
AU - Dowling, Kyrie
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2026/2/17
Y1 - 2026/2/17
N2 - As more colleges and universities develop programs to support first-generation or low-income undergraduate Computer Science and Engineering students, retention and completion rates have empirically risen for students within such groups [9]. Despite this success, financial support for these programs has become increasingly uncertain due to the recent shift in United States government priorities, tightening of corporate coffers, and state budget shortfalls. This panel will probe the experiences of four faculty from diverse institutions regarding the fundamental components that have been successful in their programs. We aim to clarify how institutions can provide quality support to first-generation and low-income students during these trying financial times.
AB - As more colleges and universities develop programs to support first-generation or low-income undergraduate Computer Science and Engineering students, retention and completion rates have empirically risen for students within such groups [9]. Despite this success, financial support for these programs has become increasingly uncertain due to the recent shift in United States government priorities, tightening of corporate coffers, and state budget shortfalls. This panel will probe the experiences of four faculty from diverse institutions regarding the fundamental components that have been successful in their programs. We aim to clarify how institutions can provide quality support to first-generation and low-income students during these trying financial times.
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U2 - 10.1145/3770761.3777134
DO - 10.1145/3770761.3777134
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:105033930271
T3 - SIGCSE TS 2026 - Proceedings of the 57th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V.2
SP - 1613
EP - 1614
BT - SIGCSE TS 2026 - Proceedings of the 57th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V.2
PB - Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
T2 - 57th SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, SIGCSE TS 2026
Y2 - 18 February 2026 through 21 February 2026
ER -