Advancing gender equity and sense of belonging in computing: Are documented best practices representative of upward transfer students?

The BRAID initiative (Building, Recruiting, and Inclusion for Diversity) aims to increase the percentage of women and students of color majoring in computer science. The BRAID initiative includes fifteen computer science departments across the U.S. that are committed to implementing changes to their introductory computer science courses, pathways into the major, departmental climate, and outreach efforts in hopes of diversifying their computer science majors.