<p>As I have visited colleges with my D, I found out about the tremendous decrease in women going into computer science the last 25 years since I was in school. Most schools seem to have about 10-15% of their CS majors being women (these are state schools). Has anyone found this ratio to be better at prestigious private schools? Are there any scholarships aimed at women in CS that would travel to different schools?</p>
<p>There are a ton of opportunities for women in CS which are not available to men, say. The women I do know in CS and related majors are some of the brightest and most hard-working people in the major. The dropout rates I attribute to the perception that the field is not very… feminine… or whatever. It’s silly.</p>
<p>nmsciencemom, my d too is interested in compsci, but also physics and math. where is your d applying and have you learned anything new since your last post?</p>
<p>I’m a junior at college and taking an intro-level computer science class just for fun, and found there are only 5 girls in a class of 50 students.</p>
<p>Some links of interest:
[ACM-W[/url</a>]</p>
<p>[url=<a href=“http://www.umbc.edu/cwit/financial_aid.html]Center”>http://www.umbc.edu/cwit/financial_aid.html]Center</a> for Women and Information Technology: Financial Aid Information](<a href=“http://women.acm.org/]ACM-W[/url”>http://women.acm.org/)</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/business/16digi.html[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/business/16digi.html</a></p>
<p><a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/17/science/17comp.html[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/17/science/17comp.html</a></p>
<p>[Computer</a> Science Needs More Good Women - Education News - redOrbit](<a href=“http://www.redorbit.com/news/education/1663094/computer_science_needs_more_good_women/index.html]Computer”>http://www.redorbit.com/news/education/1663094/computer_science_needs_more_good_women/index.html)</p>
<p>[CRA-W[/url</a>]</p>
<p>[url=<a href=“Programme Women Techmakers de Google – Google pour les développeurs | Google for Developers”>Chương trình Nữ lãnh đạo kỹ thuật của Google – Google dành cho Nhà phát triển | Women Techmakers | Google for Developers]The</a> 2010 Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship](<a href=“http://www.cra-w.org/]CRA-W[/url”>http://www.cra-w.org/)</p>
<p>[Computer</a> Science Scholarships](<a href=“http://maven.smith.edu/~jfrankli/scholarships.html]Computer”>http://maven.smith.edu/~jfrankli/scholarships.html)</p>
<p>[Scholarships-The</a> Society of Women Engineers](<a href=“SWE - The World's Largest Advocate for Women in Engineering”>SWE - The World's Largest Advocate for Women in Engineering)</p>
<p>[In</a> computer science, a growing gender gap - The Boston Globe](<a href=“http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/12/18/in_computer_science_a_growing_gender_gap/]In”>http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/12/18/in_computer_science_a_growing_gender_gap/)</p>
<p>[Women</a> and Computer Science](<a href=“Sign in - Google Accounts”>Sign in - Google Accounts)</p>
<p>[Grace</a> Hopper Celebration 2009 » Grace Hopper Celebration 2009](<a href=“http://gracehopper.org/2009/]Grace”>http://gracehopper.org/2009/)</p>
<p>[Women</a> in Computer Science: Carnegie Mellon’s Women@SCS - American Association for the Advancement of Science 2006](<a href=“http://women.cs.cmu.edu/Who/Photos/RoadShow/AAAS/]Women”>http://women.cs.cmu.edu/Who/Photos/RoadShow/AAAS/)</p>
<p>[NCWIT[/url</a>]</p>
<p><a href=“https://agora.cs.illinois.edu/display/wcs/Home[/url]”>https://agora.cs.illinois.edu/display/wcs/Home](<a href=“Home | National Center for Women & Information Technology”>Home | National Center for Women & Information Technology)</a></p>
<p>[WSSLinks:</a> Science and Technology](<a href=“http://libraries.mit.edu/humanities/WomensStudies/Tech2.html]WSSLinks:”>http://libraries.mit.edu/humanities/WomensStudies/Tech2.html)</p>
<p>[Past</a> Notable Women of Computing](<a href=“http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/tap/past-women-cs.html]Past”>http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/tap/past-women-cs.html)</p>
<p>[Women</a> in Computer Science](<a href=“http://www.meetingtomorrow.com/cms-category/women-in-computer-science]Women”>http://www.meetingtomorrow.com/cms-category/women-in-computer-science)</p>
<p><a href=“http://tbp.berkeley.edu/guide/index.php/Association_for_Undergraduate_Women_in_Computer_Science_and_Electrical_Engineering_(AUWICSEE[/url])”>http://tbp.berkeley.edu/guide/index.php/Association_for_Undergraduate_Women_in_Computer_Science_and_Electrical_Engineering_(AUWICSEE)</a></p>
<p><a href=“https://www.science.purdue.edu/diversity/women-in-science/resources/women-in-science-sites[/url]”>https://www.science.purdue.edu/diversity/women-in-science/resources/women-in-science-sites</a></p>
<p>[Computer</a> Science: Why So Few Women? - Science Careers Blog](<a href=“http://blogs.sciencemag.org/sciencecareers/2008/11/computer-scienc.html]Computer”>http://blogs.sciencemag.org/sciencecareers/2008/11/computer-scienc.html)</p>
<p>[The</a> Daily Texan - Speaker says computer science field lacking in women](<a href=“http://www.dailytexanonline.com/university/speaker-says-computer-science-field-lacking-in-women-1.954266]The”>http://www.dailytexanonline.com/university/speaker-says-computer-science-field-lacking-in-women-1.954266)</p>
<p>[WiCS@Brown[/url</a>]</p>
<p>[url=<a href=“http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/realitybase/2008/11/17/why-are-women-dropping-out-of-computer-science/]Why”>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/realitybase/2008/11/17/why-are-women-dropping-out-of-computer-science/]Why</a> Are Women Dropping Out of Computer Science? | Reality Base | Discover Magazine](<a href=“http://www.cs.brown.edu/orgs/wics/about.shtml]WiCS@Brown[/url”>http://www.cs.brown.edu/orgs/wics/about.shtml)</p>
<p>[Women</a> in Computer Science | Facebook](<a href=“Penn Women in Computer Science | Philadelphia PA”>Penn Women in Computer Science | Philadelphia PA)</p>
<p>[Female</a> leaders in technology | Videos on ZDNet](<a href=“http://news.zdnet.com/2422-19178_22-327412.html]Female”>http://news.zdnet.com/2422-19178_22-327412.html)</p>
<p>At my college 100% of the CS majors are female. At a women’s college.</p>
<p>I think it’s interesting that CS is still one of the least popular majors here even though there is no male competition or “intimidation”. We have 30-40 math majors a year and 10-15 physics majors, but only 3-6 CS majors…</p>
Many of the pioneers of computer science were women. They were a large part of the programmers for the world’s first digital computers, and have had a large presence in computer science programs in universities for decades.
You can check more about this here
http://aarental.com/women-computer-science/
@tanveers - Please don’t resurrect a 7-year-old thread!
@xraymancs Why not? that is a great list that zapfino put up!
Personally I’m tired of the We Need More Girls in STEM rally cry. I’ve been a girl in STEM for 30 years. Com Sci is one of the best STEM majors for women; always has been always will be.
@momfromkc because most of those links don’t work anymore.
@MomfromKC - I don’t object to the post, it should just be in a new thread