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Beyond The Pipeline: Addressing Diversity In High Tech

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Karen Holtzblatt,

Aruna Balakrishnan,

Tina TuanAuthors Info & Claims

CHI EA '16: Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Pages 1063 - 1068

https://doi.org/10.1145/2851581.2886422

Published: 07 May 2016 Publication History

Abstract

An ongoing stream of news reports heralds the dearth of women and minorities in technology; these stories are supported by numerous studies from industry and government sources. Now companies are investing resources to "fill the pipeline." While this is needed, it alone won't solve the diversity or gender challenge. Once they're in the workplace, research shows that women leave tech careers at a much higher rate than their male counterparts. While there are many reasons for this phenomenon, research indicates that daily workplace factors, along with the realities of what women want for their lives, contribute most significantly to women leaving tech careers. HCI is also affected by this phenomenon and the CHI community has been tackling the issue in several different ways. A panel of HCI professionals from different backgrounds will share personal insights, react to the research on challenges, suggest solutions, and solicit perspectives from the audience.

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Beyond The Pipeline: Addressing Diversity In High Tech
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing profession
      1. Computing organizations

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CHI EA '16: Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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ISBN:9781450340823

DOI:10.1145/2851581

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Fitzpatrick MBurrows SYonker J(2022)An Exploratory Study of Engineering Graduate Student Persistence: Self-Efficacy and Contextual InfluencesJournal of Career Development10.1177/0894845322112378950:3(633-655)Online publication date: 3-Sep-2022
https://doi.org/10.1177/08948453221123789
Sheedy CAbraham ENitto EMirandola R(2018)Observations of computing students on the homogeneity of their classroomsProceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Gender Equality in Software Engineering10.1145/3195570.3195578(25-28)Online publication date: 28-May-2018
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3195570.3195578

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