Feedback Beyond Departmental Industry Advisory Boards: The CRA Practitioner-to-Professor Survey

What do computing industry practitioners—varying in age, experience, and culture—think of undergraduate computer science (CS) education? What do they value the most based on their own experiences and what do they see in the graduates they hire or work with? These were some of the questions addressed by a collaborative effort of eight universities across the US. This effort ultimately led to a collaboration with the Computing Research Association (CRA), which launched a national-scale Practitioner-to-Professor (P2P) Survey in 2024 that provides useful information for CS educators. Unlike broad all-major surveys, P2P focuses on CS with the detail needed for actionable feedback. This special session summarizes the results from the 2024 P2P administration, including several surprising outcomes, and engages participants to reflect on how the P2P results could help their programs improve their graduate readiness for long-term career success. Attendees will also learn how they can propose questions for future P2P surveys.