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The Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges (CCSC) is a
nonprofit organization A nonprofit organization (NPO) or non-profit organisation, also known as a non-business entity, not-for-profit organization, or nonprofit institution, is a legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public or social benefit, in co ...
divided into te
regions
that roughly match geographical areas in the
United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., federal district, five ma ...
. The purpose of the consortium is to: "promote, support and improve computing curricula in colleges and universities; encompass regional constituencies devoted to this purpose; and promote a national liaison among local, regional and national organizations devoted to this purpose." Predominantly these colleges and universities are oriented toward teaching, rather than research.


Regions

CCSC regions include: # Central Plains # Eastern # Midsouth # Midwest # Northeastern # Northwestern # Rocky Mountain # South Central # Southeastern # Southwestern


Conferences

Conferences are typically held annually by region, and include presentation of peer-reviewed papers, as well as student papers, posters, and programming contests, workshops, and special sessions for innovative assignments and approaches in the area of computer science technology and education.


Journal

CCSC publishes the ''Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges'', containing the proceedings of each annual regional conference. The journal is distributed to approximately 600 faculty members from 350 colleges and universities.


See also

* Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) * ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE) *
Computer science Computer science is the study of computation, automation, and information. Computer science spans theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, information theory, and automation) to practical disciplines (includin ...
* Google for Education * National Center for Women & Information Technology * Upsilon Pi Epsilon


References


External links

*{{Official website, https://www.ccsc.org/ Computer science education Information technology organizations based in North America Educational organizations established in 1986 1986 establishments in the United States