Gearing up to keep women from fleeing IT profession
Thursday, August 14, 2014 - 05:01
in Mathematics & Economics
A new article shows employers and experts where to invest resources to reverse the exodus of women from the IT workforce. Studies show that women are significantly underrepresented in the IT field, and the number of women who've graduated with degrees in computer and information science have plummeted from 37 percent in 1985 to 18 percent in 2011. The failure to "stop the bleeding" stems, in part, from the industry's reliance on an oft-cited, outdated and under-studied research model, said one expert.