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DePauw fifth among private colleges for women graduating in computer science

Friday, March 22, 2019

According to an analysis of Department of Education data by the Chronicle of Higher Education, DePauw University is No. 5 among four-year private nonprofit colleges for graduating the most women in computer science.

Of the 60 bachelor’s degrees DePauw awarded in 2016-17 in computer science, 46.7 percent went to women.

“Computer science and engineering are two well-paying fields in which women have long been underrepresented,” The Chronicle notes. “Only four colleges with at least 50 bachelor’s degree recipients in computer science in 2016-17 awarded more than half of such degrees to women, and one of those was a women’s college.”

Meanwhile, only three colleges with at least 50 bachelor’s degree recipients in engineering in 2016-17 awarded more than half of such degrees to women.

Gloria Childress Townsend, professor of computer science and chairman of the department at DePauw, was recently announced as a nominee for the 20th annual TechPoint Mira Awards.

Townsend, who has dedicated her work to increasing opportunities to women in computer science, is the 2019 recipient of the SIGCSE (Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education) Award for Lifetime Service to the Computer Science Education Community.

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    Is it within the realm of possibility that the majority of women simply want nothing to do with computers? And if that's the case, is that necessarily a bad thing in need of correction? Sure, many jobs require computer knowledge but not all jobs require CS graduates, either. Otherwise, stop the foreplay and just mandate that every race, creed, and gender represent equal parts within the entire program (or every program).

    ...because that's where this leads. It might take time to see it but rest assured, that's where this leads.

    -- Posted by DouglasQuaid on Fri, Mar 22, 2019, at 8:32 PM
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