For several years, I have been most fortunate to have had the opportunity
to talk to many people in industry and academia about computing.
Conversations with colleagues while teaching/working at Grinnell College,
M.I.T., Bell Laboratories, The University of Texas at Austin, and (most
recently) UNITEC
Visits to over a dozen colleges and universities in recent years
Interactions with secondary school computing teachers and with
computing professionals from industry through work on various national
committees and programs
Discussions with faculty from around the world, through my involvement
with the Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE)
of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Acknowledgements
This contact has been greatly enhanced by support from many
people and groups, and I want to thank these people at the
very beginning
Grinnell College, Deans Charles Duke and James Swartz, and colleagues
John Stone and Samuel Rebelsky
Members of the Liberal Arts Computer Science Consortium
The University of Texas at Austin and Dr. Nell Dale
Bell Laboratories, then part of AT&T
The Advanced Placement Program of The College Board
