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A Study on Coding Schools and Boot Camps; Texas A&M Wants 25,000 Engineers; Fixing the Environment, Not the Woman, Can Solve Underrepresentation; CS in Federal Statutes

November 11, 2015

Course Report Releases a Study on Coding Schools and Boot Camps

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Stereotypes and Environments Strongly Influence a Woman’s Decision, Ageism Has a Place in the Diversity Conversation, Women are Assessed Differently Than Men in Evaluations, NYC Mayor Requires Public Schools to Offer CS within Ten Years

October 28, 2015

Stereotypes and Environments Strongly Influence a Woman’s Decision

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Target Will Stop Labeling Toys for Boys or for Girls, A Study Shows that Girls Prefer Less ‘Geeky’ Classrooms, The Challenge to Event Organizers to Make the “50-50 Pledge”

September 23, 2015

Target Will Stop Labeling Toys for Boys or for Girls

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Male and Female Founders Differ Greatly in Undergraduate Majors, TV Series Draws Attention to Proportion of CS Women in 1980s, #ILookLikeAnEngineer Aims to Spread Awareness About Diversity in Tech, Using “Fairness Through Awareness” to Reduce Bias

August 26, 2015

Male and Female Founders Differ Greatly in Terms of Undergraduate Majors

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Role Models Only Part of Success Equation For Attracting Women to Tech, Ways to Give Students More Effective Feedback Using a Growth Mindset, How Learning to Code Changed the Lives of Six Women, Can Bias Training Really Improve Diversity in Tech?

August 12, 2015

Role Models are Only Part of the Success Equation For Attracting Women to Technology

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Moving the Needle... How Fast is Fast Enough?, More Research Needed on STEM Programs' Impact, Patent Filings by Women Have Risen Fastest in Academia, I Spent Spring Break Teaching Girls to Code

July 29, 2015

Moving the Needle... How Fast is Fast Enough?

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Women Are Nearly 3 Times Less Likely Than Men to Seek Tech Internships, Ways to Encourage More Women to Study CS, More Evidence That Women’s Underrepresentation in Tech Is Also about Culture, Algorithms for Hiring, Helping Women Advance in Cybersecurity

July 8, 2015

Study Finds That Women Are Nearly Three Times Less Likely Than Men to Seek Internships in Tech

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Ways to Increase Male Advocacy in Gender Diversity Efforts, A Look at What Works in Making Computer Science More Inviting, College Board and NSF Expand Partnership to Introduce Advanced Placement Computer Science Classes to High Schools Across the U.S.

June 24, 2015

Ways to Increase Male Advocacy in Gender Diversity Efforts

Last month, NCWIT’s Catherine Ashcraft and Wendy DuBow penned an article in Fast Company that offers research-based suggestions on how to get men involved in gender diversity efforts. Titled “The Tricky (And Necessary) Business Of Being A Male Advocate For Gender Equality,” it begins by citing two key reasons that men need to advocate for gender diversity:

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One-Third of College STEM Majors Switch Fields Before Graduation, Women-Led Startups Face Unique Challenges, Too Few K-12 Public Schools Teach Computer Science and Topics Such As Cybersecurity, Ending Salary Negotiations as a Way to Eliminate Gender Bias

April 22, 2015

One-Third of College STEM Majors Switch Fields Before Graduation

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Men and Women Cite Different Reasons, Universities Struggle With Diversity at the Faculty and Staff Level Too, Number of Female-Founded Y Combinator Startups Is Trending Upward, 2015 White House Science Fair, D.C. is the Best City for Women in Tech

April 8, 2015

Men and Women Cite Different Reasons for the Lack of Women in Technology

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