The Forces Driving Women Out of Computer Science

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Computer science has changed considerably since ELLEN SPERTUS, a graduate student at MIT noticing boy-girl ratio of six to one, published the paper “Why Are There So Few Female Computer Scientists?”. Now, there are even fewer women entering the field. Why this is so remains a matter of dispute.

Computer science has changed considerably since ELLEN SPERTUS, a graduate student at MIT noticing boy-girl ratio of six to one, published the paper “Why Are There So Few Female Computer Scientists?”. Now, there are even fewer women entering the field. Why this is so remains a matter of dispute.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/business/16digi.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/business/16digi.html