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Examining undergraduate computer science participation in North Carolina

Published: 22 July 2020 Publication History

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Data on CS graduation rates among six academic institutions in NC traces the demographics of those participating (or not) in the discipline.

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Communications of the ACM  Volume 63, Issue 8
August 2020
93 pages
ISSN:0001-0782
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DOI:10.1145/3411844
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