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Unlocking The Clubhouse

In many ways, this book (by Jane Margolis and Allan Fisher) is the epitome of research for women in computing. It describes a multi-year (1995-2000), involved (hour long surveys each semester) study addressing the issue of why there were so few female computer science students at CMU. Furthermore, once Margolis and Fisher had collected some [...]

2010 02 09 Uncategorized Comments (0)

Digital Divide

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/business/16digi.html
25 years ago, there were similar numbers of men and women in computer science courses. This very short, light, New York Times article points to some research about why this is no longer the case. Many women do not consider computer science as a career track, because of perceptions that the field is meant for [...]

2010 02 09 Uncategorized Comments (0)