Diversity in Computing: Why It Matters and How Organizations Can Achieve It

Computing-related jobs are interesting, well-paying, secure, and abundant, so why aren’t more women working in this creative field that produces the technology that is central to our daily lives?

This IEEE Computer magazine article by NCWIT Senior Research Scientist Wendy DuBow provides an overview of the reasons why women aren’t participating in computing at the levels we would like. The Web extra at http://youtu.be/TgNJJzSiBiY is a video interview in which NCWIT’s Wendy DuBow discusses the importance of gender diversity in computing with Alfred C. Weaver.