How did mathemathematics and accounting get so many women majors?: what can IT disciplines learn?

Authors:
Ruth Guthrie;Elaine Yakura;Louise Soe
Affiliations:
Cal Poly Pomona University, Pomona, CA, USA;Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA;Cal Poly Pomona University, Pomona, CA, USA
Venue:
Proceedings of the 2011 conference on Information technology education
Year:
2011

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Abstract

Enrollment of women in Information Technology (IT) disciplines is shrinking. Disciplines that were traditionally male, mathematics and accounting, have succeeded in gaining equal numbers of male and female students. This paper looks at the changes in these two disciplines to see whether similar changes might be used to attract and retain women students in IT disciplines. An overview of the gender transformation of Math and Accounting provides a list of shared strategies used to attract women. A comparison of the three disciplines provides insight for attracting women to IT.