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Getting More Women into Technology Careers and Why It Matters
Getting More Women into Technology Careers and Why It Matters
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Klawe, Maria
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Abstract
Over the past decade the participation of females in the tech industry has declined rather than advanced. This is unfortunate for young women because of the incredible career
opportunities, for the tech industry because of the loss of incoming talent, and for society because of the loss of
diversity of perspective among tech teams. I will talk about the reasons why women tend not to major in computer
technology fields and how Harvey Mudd College dramatically increased the number of females majoring in computer
science, from 10% of the majors to 40% over a three year period.
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Georgia Institute of Technology. College of Computing
Date Issued
2015-02-24
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81:36 minutes
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Lecture