Anatomy of an Enduring Gender Gap: The Evolution of Women's Participation in Computer Science

• In Event: 70.038 - Issues of Gender and Higher Education

Abstract

This paper focuses on undergraduate women’s representation in computer science, with the goal of understanding whether and how the determinants of majoring in CS differ by gender. CS represents an important area of inquiry given this field’s expanding job opportunities combined with a longstanding and significant gender gap.

Authors

• Linda J. Sax, University of California - Los Angeles

• Kathleen Lehman, University of California - Los Angeles

• Jerry A. Jacobs, University of Pennsylvania

• Allison Kanny, University of California - Los Angeles

• Gloria Lim, University of California - Los Angeles

• Laura Nicole Paulson, University of California - Los Angeles

• Hilary Zimmerman, University of California - Los Angeles