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Researchers Aim to Attract and Keep Women and Minority Students in Computer Science (Newswise)
With a three-year grant from the National Science Foundation, computer science professors at the University of Virginia have formulated a program to attract and keep students from diverse backgrounds. This is important because colleges aren't graduating enough computer science majors.
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:16:53 GMT |
With a three-year grant from the National Science Foundation, computer science professors at the University of Virginia have formulated a program to attract and keep students from diverse backgrounds. This is important because colleges aren't graduating enough computer science majors.
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:16:53 GMT |
Why the Widening Gender Gap In Computer Science? (Slashdot)
ruheling writes "From yesterday's New York Times: ' What Has Driven Women Out of Computer Science?' In many US universities, over the past decade, there has been deliberate effort to integrate and encourage women and girls to get more involved in the 'hard' sciences, engineering, and math. However, instead of the proportion of women to men increasing, in Computer Science the opposite is actually ...
Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:33:00 GMT |
ruheling writes "From yesterday's New York Times: ' What Has Driven Women Out of Computer Science?' In many US universities, over the past decade, there has been deliberate effort to integrate and encourage women and girls to get more involved in the 'hard' sciences, engineering, and math. However, instead of the proportion of women to men increasing, in Computer Science the opposite is actually ...
Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:33:00 GMT |
What Has Driven Women Out of Computer Science? (The Tech)
By Randall Stross THE NEW YORK TIMES Ellen Spertus ’90, a graduate student at MIT, wondered why the computer camp she had attended as a girl had a boy-girl ratio of 6-to-1. And why were only 20 percent of computer science undergraduates at MIT female? She published a 124-page paper, “Why Are There So Few Female Computer Scientists?”, that catalogued different cultural biases that discouraged ...
Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:21:05 GMT |
By Randall Stross THE NEW YORK TIMES Ellen Spertus ’90, a graduate student at MIT, wondered why the computer camp she had attended as a girl had a boy-girl ratio of 6-to-1. And why were only 20 percent of computer science undergraduates at MIT female? She published a 124-page paper, “Why Are There So Few Female Computer Scientists?”, that catalogued different cultural biases that discouraged ...
Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:21:05 GMT |
Obama as a 'science president' (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News)
If he is to satisfy the disparate, eager hopes of Americans, Barack Obama needs to wear more hats than Queen Elizabeth II. One of them will be as a "science president," supporting basic research and science education that will benefit the public good long after he leaves office.
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:00:00 GMT |
If he is to satisfy the disparate, eager hopes of Americans, Barack Obama needs to wear more hats than Queen Elizabeth II. One of them will be as a "science president," supporting basic research and science education that will benefit the public good long after he leaves office.
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:00:00 GMT |
What's driving women out of computer science? (ZDNet)
When it comes to higher education, women have achieved parity with men in almost every technical pursuit...except computer science. With all science and engineering fields considered, the percentage of bachelor’s degree recipients who are women has improved to 51 percent in 2004-5 from 39 percent in 1984-85, according to National Science Foundation surveys. But when one looks only at computer ...
Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:40:07 GMT |
When it comes to higher education, women have achieved parity with men in almost every technical pursuit...except computer science. With all science and engineering fields considered, the percentage of bachelor’s degree recipients who are women has improved to 51 percent in 2004-5 from 39 percent in 1984-85, according to National Science Foundation surveys. But when one looks only at computer ...
Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:40:07 GMT |
What has driven women out of computer science? (Greater Baton Rouge Business Report)
(From The New York Times ) 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 ...
Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:22:22 GMT |
(From The New York Times ) 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 ...
Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:22:22 GMT |
New ICT programs lessen natural disasters' impact (Sun Star)
THE Department of Science and Technology's (DOST) Advanced Science and Technology Institute (Asti) has announced the launching of new research and development (R&D) programs to support use of information and communications technology (ICT) intended for natural resource and environmental management, research collaboration over computer networks, and eGovernment.
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:19:40 GMT |
THE Department of Science and Technology's (DOST) Advanced Science and Technology Institute (Asti) has announced the launching of new research and development (R&D) programs to support use of information and communications technology (ICT) intended for natural resource and environmental management, research collaboration over computer networks, and eGovernment.
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:19:40 GMT |
Indian students in US pioneer photo embedding in videos (Deccan Herald)
The Stanford University researchers, computer science graduate students Ashutosh Saxena and Siddharth Batra, and assistant professor Andrew Ng, say the technology will have many uses...
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:56:27 GMT |
The Stanford University researchers, computer science graduate students Ashutosh Saxena and Siddharth Batra, and assistant professor Andrew Ng, say the technology will have many uses...
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:56:27 GMT |
What Has Driven Women Out of Computer Science? (New York Times)
Many computer science departments report that women now make up less than 10 percent of the newest undergraduates.
Sun, 16 Nov 2008 02:41:14 GMT |
Many computer science departments report that women now make up less than 10 percent of the newest undergraduates.
Sun, 16 Nov 2008 02:41:14 GMT |
NEWS Articles (Ball State Daily News)
When computer science graduate student Mary Fleming found herself surrounded by smoke in a Scheidler apartment Thursday she wasn't sure what to do. It wasn't long before she had trouble breathing. She started to panic and didn't know her next move. However, the spectacle was completely planned.
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:15:19 GMT |
When computer science graduate student Mary Fleming found herself surrounded by smoke in a Scheidler apartment Thursday she wasn't sure what to do. It wasn't long before she had trouble breathing. She started to panic and didn't know her next move. However, the spectacle was completely planned.
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:15:19 GMT |
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