Title
Improving the persistence of first-year undergraduate women in computer science
Abstract
This paper describes a study of undergraduate women's retention in the first-year of the computer science major at the University of Pennsylvania for the purpose of identifying the underlying issues responsible for attrition. The subsequent steps taken by the faculty to improve women's retention is also discussed.
Year
DOI
Venue
2008
10.1145/1352135.1352308
Proceedings of the 39th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
Keywords
Field
DocType
computer science education,curriculum,persistence
Medical education,Computer science,Persistence (computer science),Knowledge management,Curriculum,Attrition
Conference
Volume
Issue
ISSN
40
1
0097-8418
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
7
0.79
5
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Rita Manco Powell1163.32
PowellRita Manco270.79