Heads up, ACM members! As fans of functional programming, you can provide input on the future of the CS curriculum guidance provided by ACM. In particular, you could support the SIGPLAN alternate proposal for the programming language part (wiki.acm.org/cs2001/index.php?title=SIGPLAN_Proposal). The more active, positive support through comments and feedback this proposal receives, the better the chance that functional programming will receive a more prominent role in the CS education (at least in the US, Europe seems to be ahead in this regard). -- Martin Begin forwarded message:
From: David Schneider <schneider@HQ.ACM.ORG> Date: June 9, 2008 2:23:28 PM PDT To: acm-educators@ACM.ORG Subject: CS2001 Interim Review is open for public consultation Reply-To: David Schneider <schneider@HQ.ACM.ORG>
Dear ACM member,
After several months of work, the Computer Science Curriculum Review Taskforce has nearly completed the interim review of the CS2001 [undergraduate] volume. While many changes have been made, it was felt that other [more comprehensive] changes should wait for the next more extensive review which will begin shortly after this review is complete. As a result, new areas of the Body of Knowledge were not added. Where new topics (i.e., security and concurrency) have arisen, they were developed and dispersed back to the appropriate areas within the Body of Knowledge.
The taskforce is seeking feedback from ACM members in the field of education on changes and improvements to the review volume. The period for this public consultation will start June 9thand end July 1st; the taskforce will then meet to go over the comments. The taskforce will then determine what comments can be acted upon now, and those that should be saved for the more extensive review.
The review can be accessed within a wiki at http://wiki.acm.org/cs2001/index.php and includes a feedback mechanism on the bottom of each page. You must use your ACM username and password to access the feedback mechanism.
Again thank you for your participation and we look forward to your feedback.
Best regards,
Andrew McGettrick Renee McCauley
Co-chairs of the CS2001 Review Taskforce
David Schneider
Education Manager
The Association for Computing Machinery
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