Only 20 percent of computer science and 22 percent of engineering undergraduate degrees in the U.S. go to women. Women are missing out on flexible, lucrative and high-status careers. Society is also ...
Allison Master receives funding from the National Science Foundation and the U. S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences. The opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not ...
Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos—men dominate the tech industry. In 2021 men made up 75 percent of employed computer scientists and 84 percent of employed engineers in the U.S. And that’s ...
Children as young as six years old are internalizing gender stereotypes in relation to technology. Children as young as six years old are internalizing gender stereotypes in relation to technology, ...
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — In 2004, the University of Evansville started promoting programs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields for middle school girls. The effort started ...
Canyon Crest Academy’s Girls Who Code club and the affiliated all-girls Ravenettes robotics team have assisted the NexStream “NexStarter” summer camp program in order to promote computer science and ...
Stereotypes about what boys and girls supposedly like aren’t hard to find. Toy advertisements send signals that science and electronic toys are intended for boys rather than girls. Computer scientists ...