JOURNAL ARTICLE

How computer science at CMU is attracting and retaining women

Carol FriezeJeria L. Quesenberry

Year: 2019 Journal:   Communications of the ACM Vol: 62 (2)Pages: 23-26   Publisher: Association for Computing Machinery

Abstract

Carnegie Mellon University's successful efforts enrolling, sustaining, and graduating women in computer science challenge the belief in a gender divide in CS education.

Keywords:
Computer science Human–computer interaction

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Citation History

Topics

Gender and Technology in Education
Social Sciences →  Social Sciences →  Gender Studies
Teaching and Learning Programming
Physical Sciences →  Computer Science →  Computer Science Applications
Green IT and Sustainability
Physical Sciences →  Engineering →  Electrical and Electronic Engineering
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