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Climbing onto the shoulders of giants

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Antonio M. Lopez, Jr.,

Lisa J. Schulte,

Marguerite S. GiguetteAuthors Info & Claims

ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, Volume 37, Issue 1

Pages 401 - 405

https://doi.org/10.1145/1047124.1047477

Published: 23 February 2005 Publication History

Abstract

The "incredible shrinking pipeline" problem has become the euphemism for the dilemma of declining numbers of women seeking bachelor's degrees in a computing discipline. The problem is well recognized, and many have suggested reasons for it. Unfortunately, much of what has been written is based on anecdotal evidence or inferences made from statistical results from small samples of very specific groups in the computing disciplines. There have been few multi-disciplinary approaches to analyze the problem with even fewer attempts to create a model that might explain it. This paper is the end of a beginning. Having received a National Science Foundation grant to study gender-based differences and ethnic and cultural models in the computing disciplines, the principle investigators document the work that has led to launching a nationwide study of the problem to commence in Fall 2004.

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Climbing onto the shoulders of giants
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education
      1. Computing education programs
        Computer science education

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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin Volume 37, Issue 1

2005

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DOI:10.1145/1047124

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SIGCSE '05: Proceedings of the 36th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
February 2005
610 pages
ISBN:1581139977
DOI:10.1145/1047344
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Ithaca College
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University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh
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Rochester Institute of Technology
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SUNY Geneseo

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