A Sorry Tale - A Study of Women's participation in IT Higher Education in Australia

Edwards, J; Kay, J

A Sorry Tale - A Study of Women's participation in IT Higher Education in Australia

Edwards, J

Kay, J

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Publisher:: Australian Computer Society
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Journal of Research and Practice in Information Technology, 2001, 33 (4), pp. 329 - 335
Issue Date:: 2001-01

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dc.contributor.author	Edwards, J https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7105-997X	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Kay, J	en_US
dc.date.issued	2001-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Research and Practice in Information Technology, 2001, 33 (4), pp. 329 - 335	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1443-458X	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/5741
dc.description.abstract	This paper examines long term changes in the participation of women in professionally accredited computing degree programs. It reports on the results of three intensive Australia-wide studies of the situation in the mid 1980s, in 1992 and in the late 1990s. The early study painted a detailed and rather depressing picture of women's representation in IT education. It also identified barriers to improvement in the discipline itself, the teaching institutions, and for individuals. The intervening years have seen many attempts to address these barriers in respect of both the attraction to and retention of women in IT courses. The current paper summarises the Australia wide studies and then draws upon recent localised data in contrasting environments and larger scale literature to explore how little things have changed as a result of these intervention programs.	en_US
dc.publisher	Australian Computer Society	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Journal of Research and Practice in Information Technology	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Information Systems	en_US
dc.title	A Sorry Tale - A Study of Women's participation in IT Higher Education in Australia	en_US
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Abstract:

This paper examines long term changes in the participation of women in professionally accredited computing degree programs. It reports on the results of three intensive Australia-wide studies of the situation in the mid 1980s, in 1992 and in the late 1990s. The early study painted a detailed and rather depressing picture of women's representation in IT education. It also identified barriers to improvement in the discipline itself, the teaching institutions, and for individuals. The intervening years have seen many attempts to address these barriers in respect of both the attraction to and retention of women in IT courses. The current paper summarises the Australia wide studies and then draws upon recent localised data in contrasting environments and larger scale literature to explore how little things have changed as a result of these intervention programs.

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