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Broadening Participation in Computing Portal's Live News Feed
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Transfer, Texas Style
May 2009
by David Motz of Inside Higher Ed
Public universities in Texas are betting that community college transfer students will help them respond to their state’s call to drastically improve college-going and graduation rates. As a result, higher education leaders are trying hard to share stories of success at promoting transfer. Read More
U.S. undergraduate majors rise 8.1%,
first increase since 2000
March 2009
by Carolyn Duffy Marsan, NetworkWorld.com
The number of computer science majors enrolled at U.S. universities increased for the first time in six years, according to a Computing Research Association study released in March 2009. Read More
Women in Computing -- Take 2
February 2009
by Maria Klawe, Telle Whiteney and Caroline Simard
The first half has the latest statistics on women's participation. (As
of 2005, women get 22% of undergrad CS degrees in the U.S., 29% of
master's degrees, and 20% of doctorates.) The rest covers "best
practices" and recommendations for getting women of all ages into
computing. Read More
Karen Panetta: Bringing Geek Chic Into Style
December 5, 2008
By Susan Karlin
"When IEEE Fellow Karen Panetta and a group of her engineering students, dubbed the Nerd Girls, appeared on NBC’s “The Today Show” in July, the idea was to promote the fact that female engineers can be attractive and hip..." Read More
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