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Undergraduate studies in computer science and engineering: gender issues

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Aristidis Ilias,

Maria KordakiAuthors Info & Claims

ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, Volume 38, Issue 2

Pages 81 - 85

https://doi.org/10.1145/1138403.1138439

Published: 01 June 2006 Publication History

Abstract

This study focuses on gender issues in terms of participation, achievement and duration of studies at the Tertiary level of education in Computer Science and Engineering (CS&E). For this reason, 1957 degrees earned by Computer Engineers were studied. These diplomas cover a 21 year period of graduation at the Computer Engineering and Informatics Department (CEID), University of Patras, Greece. The analysis of the data shows that: a) male graduate students outnumbered the female ones by three to one, b) in terms of achievement, no significant differences exist between male and female graduate computer engineers, and c) female students complete their studies earlier than their male counterparts.

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Undergraduate studies in computer science and engineering: gender issues
1. Applied computing
  1. Education
2. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education
      1. Computing education programs
        Computer science education

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