This special issue presents five invited research articles featuring distinguished contributions to the Fourth IEEE Special Technical Community on Broadening Participation (STCBP) Conference for Research on Equity and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology (RESPECT 2019). The articles advance our understanding of challenges for and evidence-based approaches to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in computing education.

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关于公平和持续参与工程、计算和技术的专题研究

本期特刊介绍了五篇受邀研究文章，这些文章对第四届 IEEE 特别技术社区扩大参与 (STCBP) 公平和持续参与工程、计算和技术研究会议 (RESPECT 2019) 做出了杰出贡献。这些文章增进了我们对在计算机教育中推进多样性、公平性和包容性所面临的挑战和循证方法的理解。