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Improving the persistence of first-year undergraduate women in computer science

Year: 2008

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: This paper describes a study of undergraduate women's retention in the first-year of the computer science major at the University of Pennsylvania for the purpose of identifying the underlying issues responsible for attrition. The subsequent steps taken by the faculty to improve women's retention is also discussed.

Source: ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE)

DOI: 10.1145/1352135.1352308

Author: Rita Manco Powell

Institution: University of Pennsylvania

Language: English

Topic: Career Development and Diversity

Subfield: Safety Research

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Quality education, Gender equality

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2009093620

FWCI: 26.4

Cites: 12

Cited by: 46

Related to: 10