Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> From: Adam Bridge <abridge@mac.com> > > I'm seeing more women in software engineering ... here's a story from Nov 1998 that surprised me by stating that the trend is to a decline of women in technology. i've since read this in other sources: http://www.computerworld.com/news/1998/story/0,11280,34351,00.html "Compared with 10 years ago, women make up a smaller percentage of computer science graduates, and the percentage of women in IT has shrunk from 35% in the early 1990s to 29% today, according to recent data from the U.S. Department of Labor." "According to the U.S. Department of Education, the number of women graduating with bachelor's degrees in computer science has dropped from about 37% in 1984 to 28% in 1995. Some said young women are put off by the stereotype of the computer geek who lacks social skills and is focused on technical duties. " - -rei - -- Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com Ridgewood, New Jersey - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html