TY - GEN
T1 - Debugging the Diversity Tech's Gap through (Re-)entry Initiatives in Emerging Technologies for Women
AU - Rahman, Farzana
AU - Billionniere, Elodie
AU - Marshall, Brandeis
AU - Seo, Hyunjin
AU - Forman, Tami
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Owner/Author.
PY - 2021/3/3
Y1 - 2021/3/3
N2 - Studies suggest women dropout of college and leave the workforce due to their family, finances, and military duty. However, women interested in (re-)entering the tech fields can be the largest untapped talent pool that may fulfill the needs of the future computing workforce. In this panel, five passionate women will share their experiences with identifying the challenges for women to re-enter emerging technology professions and the role of industry-academic relationship in facilitating such initiatives in order to develop future relevant initiatives.
AB - Studies suggest women dropout of college and leave the workforce due to their family, finances, and military duty. However, women interested in (re-)entering the tech fields can be the largest untapped talent pool that may fulfill the needs of the future computing workforce. In this panel, five passionate women will share their experiences with identifying the challenges for women to re-enter emerging technology professions and the role of industry-academic relationship in facilitating such initiatives in order to develop future relevant initiatives.
KW - diversity
KW - emerging technologies
KW - re-entry
KW - women in tech
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U2 - 10.1145/3408877.3432563
DO - 10.1145/3408877.3432563
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85103324461
T3 - SIGCSE 2021 - Proceedings of the 52nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education
SP - 762
EP - 763
BT - SIGCSE 2021 - Proceedings of the 52nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education
PB - Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
T2 - 52nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, SIGCSE 2021
Y2 - 13 March 2021 through 20 March 2021
ER -