Intervention programmes to recruit female computing students: Why do the programme champions do it?

Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology Series

Volumn 95, Issue , 2009, Pages 35-44

  Craig, Annemieke ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computing students; Female; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENT; ACADEMIC STAFF; AUSTRALIA; COMPUTER INDUSTRY; COMPUTING EDUCATION; COMPUTING INDUSTRY; FEMALE; FEMALE STUDENTS; MULTIPLE-CASE STUDY; RECRUITMENT;

EMPLOYMENT; RESEARCH;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84869141318     PISSN: 14451336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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