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Improving mentoring for women in computer science fields (abstract)

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Anita Borg,

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CSC '93: Proceedings of the 1993 ACM conference on Computer science

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https://doi.org/10.1145/170791.171173

Published: 01 March 1993 Publication History

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Can having a mentor influence the likelihood that a woman will succeed in establishing a career in computer science? A number of studies and reports suggest that an effective mentoring relationship can, indeed, make a difference in attracting women to academic and industrial careers in computer science and then keeping them in the field. In this panel, we will concentrate on practical issues such as training potential mentors in the requisite skills, matching proteges with mentors, incorporating or expanding a mentoring program within an institution, and special considerations for men mentoring women.

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Miller AKay J(2002)A mentor program in CS1ACM SIGCSE Bulletin10.1145/637610.54442034:3(9-13)Online publication date: 24-Jun-2002
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/637610.544420
Miller AKay JCaspersen MJoyce DGoelman DUtting I(2002)A mentor program in CS1Proceedings of the 7th annual conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education10.1145/544414.544420(9-13)Online publication date: 24-Jun-2002
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/544414.544420
Townsend G(2002)People who make a differenceACM SIGCSE Bulletin10.1145/543812.54383134:2(57-61)Online publication date: 1-Jun-2002
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/543812.543831

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Improving mentoring for women in computer science fields (abstract)
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
2. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics

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CSC '93: Proceedings of the 1993 ACM conference on Computer science

March 1993

543 pages

ISBN:0897915585

DOI:10.1145/170791

Chairmen:
Stan C. Kwasny
Washington Univ., St. Louis, MO
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John F. Buck
Indiana Univ., Indianapolis

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Miller AKay J(2002)A mentor program in CS1ACM SIGCSE Bulletin10.1145/637610.54442034:3(9-13)Online publication date: 24-Jun-2002
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/637610.544420
Miller AKay JCaspersen MJoyce DGoelman DUtting I(2002)A mentor program in CS1Proceedings of the 7th annual conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education10.1145/544414.544420(9-13)Online publication date: 24-Jun-2002
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/544414.544420
Townsend G(2002)People who make a differenceACM SIGCSE Bulletin10.1145/543812.54383134:2(57-61)Online publication date: 1-Jun-2002
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/543812.543831

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