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Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-20

  Margolis, Jane ^a   Fisher, Allan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Carnegie Mellon University   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture of computer science; Gender gap in computer science; Institutional change

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

INSTITUTIONAL CHANGES;

COMPUTER SCIENCE;

EID: 0037320937     PISSN: 02704676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0270467602239766     Document Type: Conference Paper

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