Women and Underrepresented Minorities in Computing A Historical and Social Study /

• Main Author: Aspray, William (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: History of Computing,
• Subjects: Computer science.; Computers.; Science education.; Computer Science.; History of Computing.; Science Education.

This text examines in detail the issue of the underrepresentation of women, African Americans, American Indians, and Hispanics in the computing disciplines in the U.S. The work reviews the underlying causes, as well as the efforts of various nonprofit organizations to correct the situation, in order...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Part I: Digest of Relevant Literatures
• Opening STEM Careers to Women
• Opening STEM Careers to African Americans
• Opening STEM Careers to Hispanics
• Opening STEM Careers to American Indians
• Part II: Case Studies
• Organizations That Help Women to Build STEM Careers
• Organizations That Help Underrepresented Minorities to Build STEM Careers
• Organizations That Help Women Build Computing Careers
• Organizations That Help Underrepresented Minorities Build Computing Careers
• Building Educational Infrastructures for Broadening Participation in Computing.