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Enrollment in computer science has increased dramatically in recent years, straining capacities and leading to various strategies for managing enrollment. But some strategies increase student competition and may have disproportionate negative impacts on students from underrepresented groups. We believe success in computing education necessitates a more equitable approach to course enrollment. In this experience report, we describe our new enrollment mechanism, “the Match.” Building on the Gale-Shapley stable matching algorithm, the Match was designed to encourage a liberal arts approach to course selection and attempt to broaden participation in computing. Drawing on data from three years of use, we find high student participation, with the vast majority of students having their enrollment preferences met. With Match registration, our courses have tended to be a bit more inclusive of younger students. The Match appears not to have disparate negative impacts like those of competitive enrollment, but has increased workload in the Registrar’s Office. Overall, we believe the Match has decreased student and faculty angst around registration, and we argue that systems like the Match can help manage enrollment pressures in ways that are consistent with educational values.

Thu 21 Mar

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15:45 - 17:00
Small Colleges and Beyond, LLMs and MorePapers at Meeting Rooms D137-138
Chair(s): Colleen Bamford County College of Morris
15:45
25m
Talk
Implications of ChatGPT for Data Science EducationGlobal
Papers
Yiyin Shen University of Wisconsin-Madison, Xinyi Ai University of California San Diego, Adalbert Gerald Soosai Raj University of California, San Diego, Rogers Jeffrey Leo John Independent Researcher, Meenakshi Syamkumar University of Wisconsin-Madison
DOI
16:10
25m
Talk
Playing with Matches: Adopting Gale--Shapley for Managing Student Enrollments Beyond CS2
Papers
Anna Rafferty Carleton College, David Liben-Nowell Carleton College, Dave Musicant Carleton College, Emy Farley Bowdoin, Allie Lyman Carleton College, Ann May Carleton College
DOI
16:35
25m
Talk
The Case for LLM Workshops: The Responsible Use of Large Language Models by Faculty at Small Liberal Arts Universities
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Chris Bopp St. Bonaventure University, Anne Foerst St. Bonaventure University, Brian Kellogg St. Bonaventure University
DOI