Toward Gender Equitable Outcomes in IT Higher Education:
Beyond Computer Science
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For conference PowerPoint presentations and short project summaries, click here Publications Exploring antecedents of gender equitable outcomes in IT higher education Gender and career choice determinants in information systems professionals Gender and the culture of computing in applied IT education Implications of gender consciousness for students in information technology Gender Differences among Students in Computer Science and Applied Information Technology Book chapter in Women and Information Technology: Research on the Reasons for Under-representation, edited by William Aspray and J. McGrath Cohoon. Made Available with permission from MIT Press. Unpublished Drafts (not for citation) Implications of gender consciousness for students in information technology The only person who cares: misperceptions of mentoring Project Documents Toward gender equitable outcomes in higher education: Beyond computer science NSF Final Report Interesting Links |
Project SummaryAs the need for information technology (IT) professionals continues to grow, so too does the need to engage women and girls in courses of study that will qualify them for IT-related careers. The growing number of professions that do not require training in computer science, but rather in cognate IT disciplines, offer the potential to correct the pattern of gender inequity traditionally found in computer science.This project proposes to investigate tertiary education programs in information science, information systems, instructional systems technology and informatics, with computer science as a baseline comparison, in major IT degree-granting institutions across the U.S. in order to determine which are most successful at recruiting and retaining female students, and what factors favor success over time. Findings will be used to inform programmatic recommendations aimed at moving more women into the IT pipeline through a diverse range of educational programs.
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