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This article discusses limitations of the current analysis methods for improving diversity to broaden participation in computing. The article presents a series of visualizations to expose limitations in the current standard analysis which uses computing degree graduation data. The article promotes the use of cohort-based data and intersectional data with an emphasis on university demographic context.

The article presents the author's views on the importance of including computer science as part of the core curriculum in postsecondary education. Topics include the benefits of diversifying the computer science community through interdisciplinary education, a brief history of the high technology industry, and its effect on the current reality. The author offers recommendations for educators to incorporate components of computer science education into their curriculum.

The article discusses efforts to incorporate culturally diverse students in computer science (CS) at U.S. universities and the prevention of database decay by database administrators (DBAs). An overview of underrepresented minority (URM) computer science students in the U.S., including the potential motivating factors that would incorporate women into CS curricula, is provided.

The article presents a pair of excerpts from blogs at the publication's Website http://cacm.acm.org, one by computer science professor Valerie Barr about comments on women in technology from Microsoft Corp. chief executive Satya Nadella, and the other by computer science professor Michael Stonebraker about the Hadoop open-source software program.