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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"women in computing"”.
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Explaining Gendered Participation in Computer Science Education
… fields, computer science (CS) is the only one in which the percentage of women undergraduates has decreased since the 1980s; in the US and Canada, this percentage has hovered around 15%. Since the 1990s, a great deal of effort and resources have been put toward trying to improve the …
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"“The modern Mulan of tech"": A critical analysis of Asian American women and their experiences in computer science"
Existing research involving Asian American women in STEM explores the intersections of race/ethnicity, gender, and culture in regards to developing identity as a scientist. Many such studies focus on model minority stereotypes, racialized sexism, and familial expectations. This thesis will draw …
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Experiential factors which influence how female students perceive computing and computing careers at different stages in their education
The declining numbers of women in computing is a cause for concern for those in education and the IT industry alike. The need for a diverse workforce is necessary in order to have a creative balance in the IT Industry. The reasons for this decline are varied and can be attributed to factors such as …
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Encouraging female students in business computing
This thesis investigates women in computing; their success or otherwise. To establish the context for the study the inter-relationships between computing and young women are examined by an extended review of the relevant literature. The research for the thesis involves an illustrative case study of …
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The Attitudes of African American Middle School Girls Toward Computer Science: Influences of Home, School, and Technology Use
The number of women in computing is significantly low compared to the number of men in the discipline, with African American women making up an even smaller segment of this population. Related literature accredits this phenomenon to multiple sources, including background, stereotypes, …
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Where Have All The Women Gone From The Management Information Systems (Mis) Program In The College Of Business?
This is a study about the large, gender-balance inequality in technology related sectors in the college class-rooms. This study used an experimental method approach looking at popular literature beliefs about the lack of women in information systems. Different projects were completed by the …