CRA Bulletin
October 24, 2000

NSF/CISE Experimental Partnerships Program: November 1, 2000 Deadline

CRA-W Publications on Graduate School and Career Development

IEEE Information Literacy Workshop, November 3 - December 3, 2000

Certification System in IT Study

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NSF/CISE Experimental Partnerships Program: November 1, 2000 Deadline

"The NSF/CISE Experimental Partnerships Program will accept proposals for possible FY2001 funding. The deadline is November 1, 2000. We will consider a request for an extension of this deadline due to the confusion over the deadline given on various NSF webpages. We strongly encourage you to contact the Program Director, Carl Smith (703-292-4779; chsmith@nsf.gov) or the Division Director, Rick Adrion (703-292-8980; wadrion@nsf.gov) if you are interested in submitting a proposal. All of the activities funded under the Experimental Partnerships Program are appropriate activities for consideration under the Information Technology Research Program."

For more information, visit the ITR Program website at http://www.itr.nsf.gov

CRA-W Publications on Graduate School and Career Development

The CRA Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research (CRA-W) has released two publications: 1) the CRA-W Graduate School Information Guide: "advice on the decision to pursue a graduate degree, the application process, and matriculation," as well as information on the experiences of women in CSE and a list of sources of financial support; 2) CRA-W Career Mentoring Workshops: advice culled "from nearly a decade of workshops on topics such as 'Getting a Job,' 'Building a Research Career,' 'Obtaining Federal Funding,' 'Time Management and Family Issues,' 'Networking,' 'Perspectives from the Smaller Schools,' and 'Tenure'."

For a PDF copy of the Graduate School guide, visit http://www.cra.org/Activities/craw/projects/researchMentoring/mentorWrkshp/grad-guide.pdf

For a PDF copy of the Career Mentoring guide, visit http://www.cra.org/Activities/craw/projects/researchMentoring/mentorWrkshp/transcripts.pdf

IEEE Information Literacy Workshop, November 3 - December 3, 2000

"The Goal of the Workshop is to provide a forum for an extended National Discussion of the Workplace Requirement for Information Literacy in the Twenty-first Century. The objectives are to create an awareness of the challenges, to stimulate interactions, and to help synergize efforts and activities among the private and public segments of the community. The Information Literacy Workshop will consist of two parts: 1) A live Workshop on November 3, 2000 at Capital College, Laurel, MD; 2) A subsequent 4-Week (Question-Answer-Comment) 'On-Line Workshop' presented on the Internet."

For more information, visit the Workshop website at http://home.att.net/~Infolit/

Certification System in IT Study

A Parallel Postsecondary Universe: the Certification System in Information Technology was published by the U.S. Department of Education earlier this month. Hard copies of this monograph study are available by calling EDPUBS at 1-877-433-7827 (reference Education ID: PLLI 2000-8011). A URL is not yet available but should be soon at http://www.ed.gov . The author is Clifford Adelman, Senior Research Analyst, U.S. Department of Education.