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...