![Addressing The Shortage Of Women In Silicon Valley : NPR
It’s no secret that beginning in middle school, young women often lose interest in math and science. So it’s not surprising that relatively few women sign up for computer courses in college. When they do, they are often at a disadvantage.
“I remember on the first day, the guy sitting next to me telling me how he had coded a search engine — are you kidding me?” [Kate Schmalzried, a graduate student at Stanford] says. “I’d never coded anything.”
Schmalzried was able to catch up, but says by the second semester fewer than half the original women were still in the course.
Indeed, nationwide only about 20 percent of the bachelor’s degrees in computer science go to women.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lukei2gXqw1qz5yk0o1_100.jpg)
Addressing The Shortage Of Women In Silicon Valley : NPR
It’s no secret that beginning in middle school, young women often lose interest in math and science. So it’s not surprising that relatively few women sign up for computer courses in college. When they do, they are often at a disadvantage.
“I remember on the first day, the guy sitting next to me telling me how he had coded a search engine — are you kidding me?” [Kate Schmalzried, a graduate student at Stanford] says. “I’d never coded anything.”
Schmalzried was able to catch up, but says by the second semester fewer than half the original women were still in the course.
Indeed, nationwide only about 20 percent of the bachelor’s degrees in computer science go to women.
