Gender gap in computer science programs from Costa Rican Public universities

TítuloGender gap in computer science programs from Costa Rican Public universities
Tipo de publicaciónConference Paper
Year of Publication2012
AutoresMata, FJ, Quesada, A, Raventós, GM
Conference NameInformatica (CLEI), 2012 XXXVIII Conferencia Latinoamericana en Informatica (CLEI)
Date Published10/2012
ISBN Number978-1-4673-0793-2
Accession Number13286957
Palabras clavecomputer science programs, Costa Rica, Gender, public universities
Resumen

There is evidence that women tend to be underrepresented in computer science programs (CS) in many countries. Based on this fact, we analyzed the gender situation in Costa Rica finding that this situation also applies to the four public universities in the country. Furthermore, similar to the case of the U.S., the percentage of women graduating from CS programs from such universities is decreasing. Based on previous studies, we attempt to explain the gender gap in Costa Rican public universities, and present recommendations to reduce it.

URLhttp://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6427245/
DOI10.1109/CLEI.2012.6427245