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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
Jane Margolis; Allan Fisher |
| ISBN: | 0262632691 9780262632690 |
| OCLC Number: | 51839745 |
| Notes: | Originally published: 2002. |
| Description: | viii, 172 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction: women out of the loop -- The magnetic attraction -- Middle and high school : a room of his own -- Computing with a purpose -- Geek mythology -- Living among the programming gods : the nexus of confidence and interest -- Persistence and resistance : staying in computer science -- A tale of 240 teachers -- Changing the university -- Epilogue : changing the conversation in computer science -- Appendix : research methodology. |
| Responsibility: | Jane Margolis and Allan Fisher. |
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"Drs. Margolis and Fisher have done a great service to education, computer science, and the culture at large. Unlocking the Clubhouse should be required reading for anyone and everyone who is concerned about the decreasing rate of women studying computer science."--Anita Borg, President and Founding Director, Institute for Women and TechnologyPlease note: Endorser gives permission to excerpt from quote. "...a highly influential and celebrated study of women in computer science..." Scott Carlson The Chronicle of Higher Education "...rigorous, academic...practical and readable." Gill Stoker First Monday "This work proves that...by viewing computer science from different angles, we can attract a broader cross-section of society." Gregory V. Wilson Dr. Dobb's Journal "This work proves that by viewing computer science from different angles, we can attract a broader cross-section of society..." Gregory V. Wilson Dr. Dobb's Journal Read more...
