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

Authors:
Rita Manco Powell
Affiliations:
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Venue:
Proceedings of the 39th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
Year:
2008

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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.