Exploring antecedents of gender equitable outcomes in IT higher education

Proceedings of the ACM SIGMIS CPR Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 120-123

  Ahuja, Manju ^a   Herring, Susan ^b   Robinson, Jean ^c   Ogan, Chris ^d  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Sch of Lib and Information Science   (United States)

^c Woodburn Hall 210 ^*  (United States)

^d School of Informatics   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer Science; Enrollments; Gender; Informatics; Information Science; Information Technology; Mentoring; Retention; Work life Balance; Workforce

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SCIENCE; EDUCATION; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION SCIENCE; MOTIVATION; PERSONNEL; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STUDENTS;

ENROLLMENTS; GENDER; INFORMATICS; MENTORING; RETENTION; WORK-LIFE BALANCE; WORKFORCE;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 2942691561     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/982372.982401     Document Type: Conference Paper

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