Women and information technology : research on underrepresentation / edited by J. McGrath Cohoon and William Aspray.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cohoon, J. McGrath.

Aspray, William.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computers and women.

Sex differences in education.

Women computer scientists.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 500 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2006]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Experts investigate the reasons for low female participation in computing and suggest strategies for moving toward parity through studies of middle and high school girls, female students and postsecondary computer science programs, and women in the information technology workforce.

Contents:

I Diverging Interests

1 The State of Research on Girls and IT / Lecia J. Barker, William Aspray 3

2 Examining the Gender Gap in IT by Race: Young Adults' Decisions to Pursue an IT Career / Nicole Zarrett, Oksana Malanchuk, Pamela E. Davis-Kean, Jacquelynne Eccles 55

3 Lost in Translation: Gender and High School Computer Science / Joanna Goode, Rachel Estrella, Jane Margolis 89

4 Recruiting Middle School Girls into IT: Data on Girls' Perceptions and Experiences from a Mixed-Demographic Group / Lecia J. Barker, Eric Snow, Kathy Garvin-Doxas, Tim Weston 115

5 A Critical Review of the Research on Women's Participation in Postsecondary Computing Education / J. McGrath Cohoon, William Aspray 137

II Postsecondary Education

6 A Matter of Degrees: Female Underrepresentation in Computer Science Programs Cross-Nationally / Maria Charles, Karen Bradley 183

7 Just Get Over It or Just Get On with It: Retaining Women in Undergraduate Computing / J. McGrath Cohoon 205

8 The Poverty of the Pipeline Metaphor: The AAAS/CPST Study of Nontraditional Pathways into IT/CS Education and the Workforce / Jolene Kay Jesse 239

9 Gender Differences among Students in Computer Science and Applied Information Technology / Christine Ogan, Jean C. Robinson, Manju Ahuja, Susan C. Herring 279

10 Confronting the "Socialization" Barrier: Cross-Ethnic Differences in Undergraduate Women's Preference for IT Education / Roli Varma, Amit Prasad, Deepak Kapur 301

11 Women in Computer Science or Management Information Systems Courses: A Comparative Analysis / Sylvia Beyer, Michelle DeKeuster 323

12 Traversing the Undergraduate Curriculum in Computer Science: Where Do Students Stumble? / Sandra Katz, John Aronis, Christine Wilson, David Allbritton, Mary Lou Soffa 351

III Pathways into the Workforce

13 The Transition of Women from the Academic World to the IT Workplace: A Review of the Relevant Research / Kathryn M. Bartol, William Aspray 377

14 Gender and Professional Commitment among IT Professionals: The Special Case of Female Newcomers to Organizations / Kathryn M. Bartol, Ian O. Williamson, Gosia A. Langa 421

15 Foot in the Door, Mouse in Hand: Low-Income Women, Short-Term Job Training Programs, and IT Careers / Karen Chapple 439.

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9780262255929

0262255928

9780262033459

0262033453

9781429477239

1429477237

1282096214

9781282096219

OCLC:

145134109

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