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What Has Driven Women Out of Computer Science?
- Source :
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New York Times . 11/16/2008, Vol. 158 Issue 54496, p4. 0p. - Publication Year :
- 2008
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Abstract
- ELLEN SPERTUS, a graduate student at M.I.T., wondered why the computer camp she had attended as a girl had a boy-girl ratio of six to one. And why were only 20 percent of computer science undergraduates at M.I.T. female? She published a 124-page paper, ''Why Are There So Few Female Computer Scientists?'', that catalogued different cultural biases that discouraged girls and women from pursuing a career in the field. The year was 1991. Computer science has changed considerably since then. Now, there are even fewer women entering the field. Why this is so remains a matter of dispute. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
- Subjects :
- *COMPUTER science
*WOMEN computer scientists
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03624331
- Volume :
- 158
- Issue :
- 54496
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- New York Times
- Publication Type :
- News
- Accession number :
- 35244507