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- ~20% graduate students in CS department are female.. These numbers reflect graduate students only and do not include undergraduates, postdocs, or exchange students.
- Undergrad ratio: ~7% female and ~93% male.
- CAITE (Commonwealth Alliance for Information
Technology Education) http://www.cs.umass.edu/outreach/caite
- http://www.engineeryourlife.org/ contains sketches of about 12 young, diverse, female engineers. They explain how they’re working with their local communities to solve real problems, like designing fun toys, safe helicopters, and life-saving medical devices. Another section explains how to prepare for college engineering programs, with information on what high-school courses to take, the experience of studying engineering, and choosing an engineering program. Also provided is information about starting salaries.
- http://www.engineergirl.org/ is a similar site for middle-school girls.
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