DECODING THE FEMALE EXODUS FROM COMPUTING EDUCATION
This study uses primary empirical data to better understand women's reasons for leaving undergraduate computer science and computer engineering education programs. It draws on social control theory to integrate student perspectives with structural considerations, demonstrating how secondhand knowledge of comparatively infrequent negative experiences achieves substantial immediacy and veracity among women students en masse, thereby contributing to increased attrition.
Keywords: Attrition; computer science education; minority-serving institution; retention; social control theory
Document Type: Research Article
Affiliations: School of Public Administration, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Publication date: 01 April 2007
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