Women in CS

A USA Today article just came out describing that a recent study shows women are still not choosing CS as a career path.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2016/10/20/women-in-computing-to-decline-22-percent-by-2025-study-warns/92438566/

What are we doing to combat this trend?

  • We have a "Women in Computer Science" student club for our undergraduate and graduate female students.
  • We have a grant from Google Tides Foundation that funds outreach to local middle schools targeting underrepresented groups, which includes females.
  • The Google Tides grant also funds teacher professional development of middle school teachers to help them better help their own students.
  • We have received several NSF grants targeting high school teachers.

We are hopeful that a pipeline full of talented and confident girls is being developed. But it takes time for these long-term programs to bear fruit. We will keep trying here at AppState!

Published: Oct 21, 2016 10:26am

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