Title :
Representation of women in postsecondary computing 1990–2013: Disciplines, institutional, and individual characteristics matter
Author :
Stuart H. Zweben;Elizabeth B. Bizot
Author_Institution :
Computer Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Abstract :
This paper reports the results of an in-depth study of two decades of data from the IPEDS database, to examine trends in the participation of women in postsecondary academic computing programs at the bachelor´s, master´s, and doctoral level. Emphasis is placed on determining differences among the various disciplines within the computing field, and differences based on institutional and citizenship/ ethnicity characteristics.
Keywords :
"Market research","Computers","Computer science","Medical services","Information science","Security","Software engineering"
Conference_Titel :
Research in Equity and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology (RESPECT), 2015
DOI :
10.1109/RESPECT.2015.7296493
