Reconfiguring the Firewall: Recruiting Women to Information Technology across Cultures and Continents - Hardcover

 
9781568813141: Reconfiguring the Firewall: Recruiting Women to Information Technology across Cultures and Continents
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1568813147 ISBN 13: 9781568813141
Publisher: A K Peters/CRC Press, 2007

Synopsis

This comprehensive volume addresses the global challenge of recruiting girls and women into majors and careers in information technology. The studies are both illuminating and prescriptive for designing and implementing intervention programs. An essential tool for college faculty and advisors who implement activities and programs designed to promote the success of women in science and engineering, as well as those who fund these programs, academic researchers, K-12 educators, and IT industry professionals committed to a diverse workforce, this collection includes contributions by top researchers and IT professionals, including William Aspray, Bettina Bair, Sarah Berenson, Lenore Blum, Carol J. Burger, Elizabeth G. Creamer, J. McGrath Cohoon, M. Bernardine Dias, Carol Frieze, Orit Hazzan, Ann Howe, Jane Butler Kahle, Sarah Kuhn, Anne Laughlin, Soyoung Lee, Paula G. Leventman, Holly Lord, Miranda Marcus, Cecille Marsh, Peggy S. Meszaros, Joan Michael, Lesley H. Parker, Paula Rayman, Mladen Vouk, Lesley Warner, Laurie Williams, and Judith Wooller.

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About the Author

Carol J. Burger, Elizabeth G. Creamer, Peggy S. Meszaros

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Publisher
A K Peters/CRC Press
Publication date
2007
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1568813147
ISBN 13 
9781568813141
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
288
Editor
Burger Carol J., Creamer Elizabeth G., Meszaros Peggy S.