The strength of numbers: Strategies to include women into computer science

Social Studies of Science

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 67-92

  Lagesen, Vivian Anette ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Computer science; Critical mass; Gender; Higher education; Inclusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847244554     PISSN: 03063127     EISSN: 14603659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306312706063788     Document Type: Review

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