Community College Men and Women: A Test of Three Widely Held Beliefs About Who Pursues Computer Science

Community College Review

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 342-362

  Denner, Jill ^a   Werner, Linda ^b   O’Connor, Lisa ^a   Glassman, Jill ^a  

^a Research Development and Engineering Command   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

computer science; faculty student interaction; gender; retention; STEM; transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907701188     PISSN: 00915521     EISSN: 19402325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0091552114535624     Document Type: Article

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