[diversity] Best practice - increasing female participation in computer science

Malcolm,

Malcolm Hutty:
> On 16/10/2017 16:02, Amanda Gowland wrote:
>> This is a fantasic best practice example of how educational institutions
>> can make changes to their programmes to be more inclusive to women:
>>
>> http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2017/08/10/542638758/colleges-have-increased-women-computer-science-majors-what-can-google-learn
> 
> Are you seeking a debate as to whether the particular approaches
> identified in this article should be encouraged?
> 
> Is this really within RIPE's scope?

It looks like universities (well at least some universities) are
addressing the gender imbalance in their enrollment. This should start
to resolve the "pipeline problem" (if indeed there is such a problem).

If graduates start to look more diverse, do you think that the industry
will automatically start to become more diverse? While this is one
possible outcome, it also seems likely that we have similar structures
in industry to the ones that were favoring men in academia. While the
solutions may not be identical, certainly we can consider them as
possibilities?

Cheers,

--
Shane

p.s. I note with interest that one of the solutions for increasing
women's enrollment in computer science was to make the criteria MORE
DIFFICULT for all applicants. Perhaps this can go some way to addressing
the constant refrain that increasing diversity should not lower
standards? :)