[Haskell] Fwd: CS2001 Interim Review is open for public consultation

[Martin Erwig]

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 at HQ.ACM.ORG>
> Date: June 9, 2008 2:23:28 PM PDT
> To: acm-educators at ACM.ORG
> Subject: CS2001 Interim Review is open for public consultation
> Reply-To: David Schneider <schneider at 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
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> Co-chairs of the CS2001 Review Taskforce
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> David Schneider
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> Education Manager
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> The Association for Computing Machinery
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