Decoding the female exodus from computing education

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 181-193

  Varma, Roli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Attrition; Computer science education; Minority serving institution; Retention; Social control theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247625024     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691180701307396     Document Type: Article

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