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02969aam a2200325Ii 4500 001 F84A2796D4D211E7967FB26A97128E48 003 SILO 005 20171129010014 008 160824s2016 sz a b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 331924809X 020 $a 9783319248097 040 $a NKM $b eng $e rda $c NKM $d OCLCF $d OCLCQ $d YDX $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d TXI $d I3U $d ZLM $d BDX $d CLE $d SILO 050 4 $a QA76.9.W65 $b A87 2016 100 1 $a Aspray, William, $e author. 245 10 $a Women and underrepresented minorities in computing : $b a historical and social study / $c William Aspray. 264 1 $a Switzerland : $b Springer, $c [2016] 300 $a xi, 271 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 25 cm. 490 1 $a History of computing, $x 2190-6831 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Opening STEM Careers to Women -- Opening STEM Careers to African Americans -- Opening STEM Careers to Hispanics -- Opening STEM Careers to American Indians -- Organizations That Help Women to Build STEM Careers -- Organizations That Help Underrepresented Minorities to Build STEM Careers -- Organizations That Help Women to Build Computing Careers -- Organizations That Help Underrepresented Minorities to Build Computing Careers -- Building Educational Infrastructures for Broadening Participation in Computing. 520 $a "This text examines in detail the issue of the underrepresentation of women, African Americans, American Indians, and Hispanics in the computing disciplines in the U.S. The work reviews the underlying causes, as well as the efforts of various nonprofit organizations to correct the situation, in order to both improve social equity and address the shortage of skilled workers in this area. Topics and features: presents a digest and historical overview of the relevant literature from a range of disciplines, including leading historical and social science sources; discusses the social and political factors that have affected the demographics of the workforce from the end of WWII to the present day; provides historical case studies on organizations that have sought to broaden participation in computing and the STEM disciplines; reviews the different approaches that have been applied to address underrepresentation, at the individual, system-wide, and pathway-focused level; profiles the colleges and universities that have been successful in opening up computer science or engineering to female students; describes the impact of individual change-agents as well as whole organizations." -- Publisher's description 650 0 $a Women in computer science. 650 0 $a Minorities in science. 650 7 $a Minorities in science. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01023286 650 7 $a Women in computer science. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01177860 830 0 $a History of computing (London, England) 941 $a 1 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20171129010340.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F84A2796D4D211E7967FB26A97128E48 994 $a C0 $b JIDInitiate Another SILO Locator Search