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Arresting the Decline: conversations with female CS undergraduates

Janet Carter

Technical Report 8-01, University of Kent, Computing Laboratory, July 2001.

Abstract

Computing, as a discipline within Higher Education, is a relatively new subject and it has undergone a rapid expansion and growth in popularity in recent years. Despite this rise in popularity the number (not just the proportion) of females studying Computing-related subjects at degree level is decreasing. This decline in the number of female applicants for Computer Science (CS) degree programmes is worrying to say the least. This paper reports the findings of a small research project designed to highlight problems and to suggest a course of action that could improve the situation. This initial investigation has attempted to identify any gender-related problems that female CS students at two traditional UK universities have encountered.

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Bibtex Record

@techreport{1218,
author = {Janet Carter},
title = {{A}rresting the {D}ecline: conversations with female {CS} undergraduates},
month = {July},
year = {2001},
pages = {182-196},
keywords = {determinacy analysis, Craig interpolants},
note = {},
doi = {},
url = {http://www.cs.kent.ac.uk/pubs/2001/1218},
    publication_type = {techreport},
    submission_id = {18074_995540919},
    number = {8-01},
    institution = {University of Kent, Computing Laboratory},
}

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