Women´s ways of knowing in information technology specialties at a community college

Historically, very limited studies have focused on information technology (IT) programs in community colleges, let alone of women´s participation in them. In light of the growing national debate on the need to increase female participation in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), this study closely examines women´s involvement in IT in higher education. This study builds on Belenky et al´s study of women´s five ways of knowing (silent knowing, subjective knowing, received knowing, procedural knowing, and constructed knowing) in the social sciences and humanities. Through analysis of women´s IT pursuits at a community college, this study provides evidence not only for the five existing ways of knowing found in Belenky et al´s study but also for a new way of knowing exclusive to IT: logistical knowing.