Cast List: Female Pursuit of Computer Science with Jennifer Wang

Female Pursuit of Computer Science with Jennifer Wang

Software Engineering Daily

Episode: Female Pursuit of Computer Science with Jennifer Wang
Website: Software Engineering Daily
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Duration: 00:45:09
Published: 2016-06-14 03:37

Google researcher Jennifer Wang co-wrote a paper called “Gender Differences in Factors Influencing Pursuit of Computer Science and Related Fields”. The paper focuses on a survey of 1700 high school and college students, and takes a statistical approach to understanding why women are not pursuing computer science. In our conversation, Jennifer talks about the two influences that lead to fewer women in computer science: encouragement and exposure. The problem of

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