Week 9 Thu Ngo

The Margolis reading was an exciting read for me as it mentioned the flowering of computer science as a field of study. It reminded me of when CS was a very unpopular and even stigmatized field. It was also exciting to see that a program such as ECS was in place and that it was working to bring about equity. The article also mentioned that there was a shift in interest within female students which was awesome to hear.

One aspect that the article brought up was finding metrics to measure success. It made me realize that when it comes to equity you have to not only find create a program that works but also find out to how to measure the effectiveness.

A question I had while reading, though, was if there were programs simlar to this but focused on different subjects such as history or psychology. Would a program such as ECS pigeon hold disadvantaged students into CS since no such programs exist for other subjects?