Mihaela Sabin
Deborah LaBelle
Hiranya Mir
ABSTRACT
The objectives of this panel are to inform the audience about national and regional initiatives developed by the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) to reach out to middle and high school girls; learn from promising experiences in which the panelists have been directly involved; and discuss venues to scale and sustain efforts to increase women's participation in technology careers. Panelists will describe their particular experiences, and discuss ways to utilize the Aspirations in Computing program to increase enrollment and retention of females in computing. A minimum of 30 minutes will be set aside for question and answer.
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- National Center for Women & Information Technology, 2013. By the Numbers. NCWIT, Boulder, CO. Available at http://www.ncwit.org/bythenumbersGoogle Scholar
- DuBow, W. 2011. NCWIT Internal Evaluation Data. NCWIT, Boulder, CO. Unpublished.Google Scholar
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Girls in it: how to develop talent and leverage support
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