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Keep the Spirit of CSEdWeek Going Through Next Year with These Helpful Resources!

Computer Science Education Week (CSEdWeek) is a national initiative dedicated to expand participation in K-12 computer science programs by getting both students and educators inspired and engaged. CSEdWeek is held […]

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Seven Ways YOU Can Help Eliminate the Barriers to Young Women’s Participation in Computing

Get off to an empowering start this back-to-school season! Whether you’re a parent, an educator, or a professional, we are highlighting doable, research-backed steps that you can take to make

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What Can Computing Educators Do to Address Barriers to Increasing Young Women’s Participation?

Get off to an empowering start this back-to-school season! Whether you’re a parent, an educator, or a professional, we are highlighting doable, research-backed steps that you can take to make

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What Can Family Members Do to Encourage Young Women’s Interest in Computing?

Get off to an empowering start this back-to-school season! Whether you’re a parent, an educator, or a professional, we are highlighting doable, research-backed steps that you can take to make

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NCWIT Communications Director Goes to Washington

On Wednesday, July 25, 2018, NCWIT Communications Director Adriane Bradberry accepted an invitation from U.S. Representative Jared Polis to present the importance of the NCWIT mission and its organizational outcomes

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Just Because You Always Hear It, Doesn’t Mean It’s True: Gender Difference Explanations For Disparities in Tech Are Not Supported by Science

Unfortunately, we continue to hear it time and again: people perpetuating a misguided belief that innate gender differences –- whether in terms of ability, interests, or preferences -– are the

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2018 Pioneer in Tech Award Recipients Lorinda Cherry and Evi Nemeth

After her graduation in 1969, Lorinda Cherry worked for a few years as a Fortran programmer, but she found it “very boring” to constantly write programs based on someone else’s

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Dr. Maria Gini Announced as the 2018 NCWIT Harrold and Notkin Award Recipient

Dr. Maria Gini, Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Minnesota, has been named the recipient of the 2018 Harrold and Notkin Research and Graduate Mentoring Award.

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Women in Tech Raise the Bar: They Don’t Need It Lowered Anyways.

“Do tech companies have to lower the bar to hire diverse candidates?” Short story: No. Longer story: Here are a few reasons to stop asking that question, followed by a

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A Research-Based Approach To Diversity And Inclusion

Unfortunately, when it comes to increasing diverse participation in tech, good intentions are never enough. Frequently, in our work with tech companies, we encounter many folks who are frustrated and

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Gender Difference Explanations for Disparities in Tech Are Not Supported by Science: For a Field That Claims to Be “Data-Driven,” It’s Time to Stop the So-Called “Debate”

Recent headlines have made it clear that, despite a wealth of evidence to the contrary, fallacies about innate gender differences persistently circulate in the public conversation. Media or other coverage

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Sexual Harassment in the Tech Industry: Why Now? What Now?

The past few months have seen increased public attention to sexual harassment in the tech industry; this attention has also resulted in some more significant consequences for the perpetrators than

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