Browsing by Subject "Bryn Mawr College"

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    Breaking Down Barriers: Supporting Minoritized Learners in Undergraduate Computer Science Courses
    (2024) Bartsch, Juno; Murphy, Chris
    This work addresses the structural inequities that prevent minoritized learners from succeeding in introductory Computer Science (CS) courses at Haverford and Bryn Mawr Colleges (the “BiCo”) and beyond. In this work, I conducted a literature review, surveys, and interviews of students in introductory CS courses. I was able to survey 43 students with various backgrounds, identities, and experiences in BiCo CS courses. I found that first-generation and low-income students reported feeling underprepared for CS1 and had significantly lower ratings of self-efficacy. More broadly, minoritized students struggled with finding a sense of belonging and persisting in the CS major. Many students felt supported by the TAs, but a significant portion of students reported not having a support system beyond their peers. A number of students reported that CS1 was too difficult, time consuming, taught in ways that were not understandable to them, and inaccessible due to classroom policies. Based on these findings, I made the following recommendations: implementing CS0, standardizing CS1, improving training for CS peer educators, improving departmental coordination, as well as shifting the CS departmental culture. Following through on these changes will make CS more inclusive, accessible, and welcoming toward minoritized students.
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    Haverford College and Bryn Mawr College
    (1963) Cadbury, Henry J. (Henry Joel), 1883-1974
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    History of the architecture and planning of the Bryn Mawr College campus
    (2007-06-20T15:54:37Z) Smith, Kennedy
    Cope and Stewardson's career in collegiate Gothic architecture began with the design of Radnor Hall at Bryn Mawr in 1886. Their roles - and those of their predecessors, contemporaries , and successors - in the development of the architecture and planning of the Bryn Mawr College campus will be the theme of this investigation.
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    Interview with Emma Cadbury and Ann Trentman/ by Dina Mazina
    (2008-03-17) Cadbury, Emma; Trentman, Ann; Mazina, Dina; Conners, David