I. Information Technology jobs have risen in popularity from their once few

numbers.

A. Computer Science exists with a longer timeline than computer

themselves.

1. Grace Murray Hooper led a path towards greater technology.

2. The invention of the Fortran sparked a boom in computer science

majors.

3. Males and females were equally represented in computer science at

the height of the technology frenzy.

B. Women have gained respect and stature in many jobs once seen as male

positions.

1. There was an opportunity revolution introduced to women from the

fight for women’s rights.

2.  Careers in sciences have grown expansively in their male to female

ratios.

3.  Computer fields are one of the few that has received minimal female

involvement.

C.  Colleges have their lowest female enrollments in advanced technology

classes pertaining to computer programming.

1. Low numbers of female computer interested college students stems

from lack of exposure in high schools.

2. The lack of female students feeding into the workforce leaves many

opportunities available

II. The academic community has addressed the need for programs focused on

female computer use to aide in boosting female technology numbers.

A. Research has determined many technology uninvolved women have not

been advised to the career of computer science.

1. Women are often falsely convinced computer scientists follow the

media given stereotype.

2. Schools explore careers through exposure to many topics except

technical computer work on a daily basis.

B. New programs are constantly developed to offer support for all women

interested in computer science

1. Many high schools encourage young girls to explore computer

science through interactive computer studies.

2. Developers have created computer programs intended to catch

young girls’ attention and teach basic programming sills.

3. Associations and groups are available to persuade women they can

have a successful computer science career.

C. Several current facts could be used to prove to women they can be

successful in computer science.

1. Women use computers as often as males for a variety of purposes.

2. Current women computer scientists have mainly been influenced by

careers of close relatives or family friends.

3. Girls loose interest of science and technology in middle school when

classes are more text based and less hands on.

 

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