Teachers learn ways to attract students to computer careers

3,203 views · Published 28 July 2008 · 3:01 · Indexed 27 October 2026

Channel: Purdue University · 2008 · Education

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A group of teachers, counselors and students will visit Purdue University this month for a program aimed at increasing the number of young people, especially women, pursuing careers in computer-related fields.

Twenty-four teachers, 13 school guidance counselors and 76 high school students, mainly from Indiana, Illinois and Ohio, will participate in Surprising Possibilities Imagined and Realized Through Information Technology (SPIRIT), a $1.26 million, three-year project funded by the National Science Foundation. This marks the first year of the program.
http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2008b/080702HarrigerSPIRIT.html

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