Women and Underrepresented Minorities in Computing A Historical and Social Study

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...

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Main Author Aspray, William
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham Springer International Publishing AG 2016
Springer International Publishing
Edition1
SeriesHistory of Computing
Subjects
Computer Science
History of Computing
Science Education
Science_xStudy and teaching
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Table of Contents:
  • References -- Chapter 7: Organizations That Help Underrepresented Minorities to Build STEM Careers -- 7.1 Organizations Principally Serving African Americans -- 7.1.1 National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) -- 7.1.2 National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME) -- 7.1.3 National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Sciences (GEM) -- 7.2 Organizations Principally Serving Hispanics -- 7.2.1 Society for Advancement of Hispanics/Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) -- 7.2.2 Latinos in Science and Engineering (MAES) -- 7.2.3 Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) -- 7.3 Organizations Principally Serving American Indians -- 7.3.1 American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) -- 7.3.2 American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) -- References -- Chapter 8: Organizations That Help Women to Build Computing Careers -- 8.1 Anita Borg Institute (ABI) -- 8.2 Computing Research Association Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research (CRA-W) -- 8.3 ACM's Women in Computing Committee (ACM-W) -- 8.4 National Center for Women and Information Technology (NCWIT) -- 8.5 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 9: Organizations That Help Underrepresented Minorities to Build Computing Careers -- 9.1 Black Data Processing Associates (BDPA) -- 9.2 Association of Computer/Information Science and Engineering Departments at Minority Institutions (ADMI) -- 9.3 Coalition to Diversify Computing (CDC) -- 9.4 Center for Minorities and People with Disabilities in IT (CMD-IT) -- References -- Chapter 10: Building Educational Infrastructures for Broadening Participation in Computing -- 10.1 The Characteristics of a Successful Program for Attracting Women into STEM Education -- 10.2 Which Colleges and Universities Attract Women to STEM Education?
  • Intro -- Preface -- Organizational Structure of the Book -- Caveats and Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1 Overarching Themes -- 1.1.1 Four Exogenous Forces -- 1.1.2 Pipeline Versus Pathway -- 1.1.3 Fixing the People Versus Fixing the System -- 1.1.4 Nonprofit Organizations and Individual Change Agents -- 1.1.5 Intersectionality -- References -- Part I: Digest of Relevant Literatures -- Chapter 2: Opening STEM Careers to Women -- 2.1 College Matriculation of Women - A Brief History -- 2.2 A Statistical Overview of Women in Science -- 2.3 Science Education for Women - A Brief History -- 2.4 Engineering Education for Women - A Brief History -- References -- Chapter 3: Opening STEM Careers to African Americans -- 3.1 African Americans and Higher Education - A Brief History -- 3.2 African-Americans and STEM Education and Careers - A Brief History -- 3.3 Historically Black Colleges and Universities - A Brief History -- 3.4 Fellowship Programs for African-Americans - A Brief History of the United Negro College Fund and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund -- References -- Chapter 4: Opening STEM Careers to Hispanics -- 4.1 Hispanics and Higher Education - A Brief History -- 4.2 Hispanics and STEM Education - A Brief History -- 4.3 Hispanic-Serving Institutions - A Brief History -- References -- Chapter 5: Opening STEM Careers to American Indians -- 5.1 Higher Education for American Indians - A Brief History -- 5.2 Higher Education for American Indians Today -- 5.3 American Indians and STEM Education - A Brief History -- 5.4 Computing and the Tribal Colleges -- References -- Part II: Case Studies -- Chapter 6: Organizations That Help Women to Build STEM Careers -- 6.1 Society of Women Engineers (SWE) -- 6.2 Association for Women in Science (AWIS) -- 6.3 Women in Engineering ProActive Network (WEPAN) -- 6.4 MentorNet
  • 10.3 Success Stories in the Education of Women in Engineering and Computing -- 10.3.1 University of California Berkeley and Mills College -- 10.3.2 Carnegie Mellon University -- 10.3.3 Olin College -- 10.3.4 Smith College -- 10.3.5 Harvey Mudd College -- 10.3.6 Other Computing Departments Attracting Women -- References -- Index