"Geeks" Discouraging Women From Going Into Computer Science
Pretty much anyone not named Larry Summers would agree that female engineers and computer scientists are just as capable as their male colleagues. So why do women comprise just 22-percent of all computer science graduates? And, more worrisome, why is that figure decreasing? The answer, according to one study, lies in geek culture.
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis recently ...
When it comes to careers in tech, it's still a man's world. According to Susan Merritt, the dean of the computer science program at Pace University in New York, only 10 percent of computing majors are women. One of the suggested reasons for such low interest among women could be that, as kids, boys are more likely to be interested in video games than girls, and gaming activity often leads to an ...









