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The purpose of David Moursund’s IAE Blog is to encourage and facilitate people working to improve informal and formal education at all levels and in all discipline areas. A unifying theme is that education empowers the educated and improves their quality of life. Readers are encouraged to add comments.
Tags >> Girls and Computer Games
Feb 12
2011

Encouraging girls into the discipline of Computer and Information Science.


Posted by Dave Moursund in Girls and Computer Games

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I frequently read articles about the fact that in the United States, more men than women major in Computer and Information Science. This is portrayed as a significant problem, and the articles typically give suggestions for and/or examples of possible “solutions” to the problem. Here is an example that I encountered today: