Hopper-Dean Foundation Collaboration
In 2016, the Hopper-Dean Foundation provided three years of funding to five leading computer science programs — UW, Stanford, Berkeley, MIT, and CMU — to increase their efforts towards supporting a broad range of students.
Each institution had a different focus. The Allen School proposed a focus on the undergraduate program, spanning the educational pipeline from K-12 outreach to college academic support and career preparation.
In 2019, the Hopper-Dean Foundation made three major changes to the initiative:
- UW, Berkeley, MIT, and CMU were funded for a second three-year period.
- Cornell, Georgia Tech, and Howard University were added to the group.
- Station1 was brought onboard to coordinate, transitioning from five independent efforts to seven institutions integrated in a tight collaboration — the Hopper-Dean Foundation Collaboration (HDFC).
The Allen School has received continuing support. The HDFC leads at the Allen School are Chloe Dolese Mandeville and Ed Lazowska, with substantial support from Crystal Eney and Dan Grossman.
