Structure

CAHSI is comprised of seven founding institutions: California State University-Dominguez Hills (CSU-DH), Florida International University (FIU), New Mexico State University (NMSU), Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (TAMU-CC), University of Houston-Downtown (UHD), University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez (UPRM), and the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). These institutions are committed to the establishing a unified effort to recruit, retain, and advance Hispanics in computing. CAHSI member institutions work together to implement interventions and initiatives, document their work, and disseminate beyond CAHSI. External evaluators provide direction to CAHSI through evaluation and assessment of the efforts. This along with the Advisory Board’s annual review results in continuous quality improvement. An Executive Council oversees the decisions and collaborations with external groups.  The Social Science Network informs CAHSI of social science research. The evaluation of CAHSI initiatives contributes to the social science literature and understanding of the factors that affect the recruitment, retention, and advancement of Hispanic students and faculty in computing.

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Collaborators

CAHSI promotes efforts to interact with other groups that focus on the recruitment, retention, and advancement of Hispanics in computing. Fig. 1.2 depicts the main categories of groups that interact with CAHSI. 

Ways to collaborate with CAHSI

• Volunteer as a reviewer through the PaperNet project
• Contribute effective practices that can benefit students and faculty
• Collaborate on research projects
• Share your experiences and results from a demonstration project
• Volunteer as a mentor through MentorNet
• Join the Latinas in Computing or the Hispanic PhD mailing list
• Give a lecture for the CAHSI Lecture Series

Provide Financial Support

• Sponsor events (e.g., meetings and workshops)
• Reserve scholarships for CAHSI students
• Contribute to student travel
• Sponsor effective practices (e.g., peer leaders, student advocates, and undergraduate research experiences)