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  1. Re:Women in Computer Science by Ellen+Spertus · · Score: 1 · on Slashdot Acquired by Andover.net

    For more on this topic, see The Ada Project.

    Obligatory personal information: I'm an MIT^3 (SB, SM, PhD) she-nerd married to a he-nerd I met while we were at the same school. The male-female ratio was simultaneously the biggest bug and the biggest feature of being a female computer science student. Now I teach at a women's college, where the opposite ratio holds. (We have a few male students in our graduate and special programs.)

  2. Women are leaving CS more quickly than men by Ellen+Spertus · · Score: 1 · on Students Opting Away from high-tech Degrees?

    Women have been leaving CS at a faster rate than men. According to the ACM, the percentage of CS bachelor's degrees going to women dropped from 37.1% in 1984 to 28.4% in 1995. For more information, see The Incredible Shrinking Pipeline by Tracy Camp.

    A cursory review of the latest NSF data suggests that the percentage of bachelor's degrees in engineering going to women has been holding relatively steady. (According to the NSF, CS is a mathematical science, not an engineering field.)

    I teach computer science at Mills College, the first women's college to offer a computer science major. I've also written far too much on this subject.

  3. Women are leaving CS more quickly than men by Ellen+Spertus · · Score: 1 · on Students Opting Away from high-tech Degrees?

    Women have been leaving CS at a faster rate than men. According to the ACM, the percentage of CS bachelor's degrees going to women dropped from 37.1% in 1984 to 28.4% in 1995. For more information, see The Incredible Shrinking Pipeline by Tracy Camp.

    A cursory review of the latest NSF data suggests that the percentage of bachelor's degrees in engineering going to women has been holding relatively steady. (According to the NSF, CS is a mathematical science, not an engineering field.)

    I teach computer science at Mills College, the first women's college to offer a computer science major. I've also written far too much on this subject.