Undergraduate women in computer science: experience, motivation and culture

Authors:
Allan Fisher;Jane Margolis;Faye Miller
Affiliations:
School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania;School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania;School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Venue:
SIGCSE '97 Proceedings of the twenty-eighth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
Year:
1997

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Abstract

For the past year, we have been studying the experiences of undergraduate women studying computer science at Carnegie Mellon University, with a specific eye toward understanding the influences and processes whereby they attach themselves to or detach themselves from the field. This report, midway through the two-year project, recaps the goals and methods of the study, reports on our progress and preliminary conclusions, and sketches our plans for the final year and the future beyond this particular project.