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Undergraduate women in computer science: experience, motivation and culture

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Jane Margolis,

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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, Volume 29, Issue 1

Pages 106 - 110

https://doi.org/10.1145/268085.268127

Published: 01 March 1997 Publication History

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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.

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1. Human-centered computing
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March 1997

388 pages

ISSN:0097-8418

DOI:10.1145/268085

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SIGCSE '97: Proceedings of the twenty-eighth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
March 1997
410 pages
ISBN:0897918894
DOI:10.1145/268084
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Rosary College, River forest, IL
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Grand Valley State Univ., Allendale MI
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Grand Valley State Univ., Allendale, MI
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