Bridging a Generation Gender Gap In Science
While opportunities in technology have exploded since 2000, fewer women today are actually pursuing computer science degrees than in the 1970s and 1980s, when women made up one quarter of all computer science students in the nation’s colleges and universities. A generation ago, young women were...
How Science Treats Women VS. Men
If anyone doubts that young women face discouragement because of their gender, consider Barbara Barres, who was a prominent female neurobiologist at Stanford University. Early in her studies as a student at MIT, Barres had solved a tough math problem. Rather than praise her for her...
Girls and Gaps
Nick Hahn is what I call a “technology dad.” Being a techie with a lifelong fascination with all things digital, he is ideally positioned to spark his daughter’s interest in computing. Both at work and at home, Nick is on the frontlines confronting gender biases. He...
Women in Science Will Build Our Nation’s Future
Young women have made amazing strides—in law, business, life sciences, and a number of other fields that are traditionally male domains. But engineering and computer science are a different story. There is still a lower proportion of women majoring in computer science in U.S. colleges and...
Entrepreneurial Thinking Changes Girls’ Futures
When girls (and boys) are exposed to entrepreneurial thinking, a profound change takes place. They learn to solve problems, to think critically and to recognize opportunities. Take the example of a group of 5- and 6-year-olds who participated in a weeklong VentureLab summer camp. Very soon...