Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Computer Science Takes Steps to Bring Women to the Fold - New York Times

Computer Science Takes Steps to Bring Women to the Fold - New York Times:

Moving emphasis away from programming proficiency was a key to the success of programs Dr. Blum and her colleagues at Carnegie Mellon instituted to draw more women into computer science.


Shouldn't they rename it computer studies instead of computer science.

Next they will take the calculations out of math, oh wait... new math already does that.

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

"Shouldn't they rename it computer studies instead of computer science."

Or they could issue Bachelor of ARTS degrees in Computer Science like my sister received from WSU (after 5 years of failing computer programming courses and passing ballroom dance).

She still can't figure out how to download stuff on the mp3 player I got her for Christmas. BUT, she has a 4-year degree and I don't.

Nicksmama