DEI in Computing High Education: Survey and Analysis of Brazilian and Finnish Universities Practices

This repository includes the questionnaire and dataset collected for the paper "DEI in Computing Higher Education: Survey and Analysis of Brazilian and Finnish University Practices," which was submitted to ESEM 2025. Paper Abstract: Background: Efforts have been made in STEM, for example, to encourage women to pursue careers in computing or promote the importance of team diversity in the field. However, implementing Diversity and Inclusion (DEI) in university-level computing education remains underexplored.Aims: This study compares the current state of DEI in Brazilian and Finnish universities. Method: We replicated in Brazil an online survey conducted in Finland.Results: We received 68 responses from Brazilian teachers. We compared the Brazilian and Finnish scenarios for incorporating DEI aspects in the classes. Conclusions: While the importance of DEI in education is recognized, the implementation of DEI practices varies significantly across institutions and countries. Several challenges hinder this implementation, including a lack of teaching materials, insufficient training, limited institutional support, and concerns about addressing these topics appropriately. Regarding countries' differences, Brazilian professors rate DEI more important but report lower satisfaction than Finns, highlighting cultural and demographic factors affecting DEI practices. Files Description: Responses.xlxs: This spreadsheet contains eight sheets. The "Original (Portuguese)" sheet includes responses to all questions in Brazilian Portuguese. The other sheets contain translated responses in English, organized by topics: approaches employed by teachers, additional approaches mentioned in open-ended questions, the importance of DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion), sample demographics, attitudes towards DEI, challenges in implementing DEI approaches, and other comments provided by the respondents. Questionnaire.pdf: This file contains the questionnaire distributed to respondents, written in Brazilian Portuguese. By reviewing the PDF, you can see how we implemented the questionnaire using Google Forms. The English version of the questionnaire is available from the source from which we replicated it. Replicated Study: Reference: Hyrynsalmi SM. Challenges and opportunities: Implementing diversity and inclusion in software engineering university level education in Finland. Journal of Systems and Software. 2024 Oct 16:112239. Zenodo package: zenodo.org/records/12791197