Malcolm, Malcolm Hutty:
On 16/10/2017 16:02, Amanda Gowland wrote:
This is a fantasic best practice example of how educational institutions can make changes to their programmes to be more inclusive to women:
http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2017/08/10/542638758/colleges-...
Are you seeking a debate as to whether the particular approaches identified in this article should be encouraged?
Is this really within RIPE's scope?
It looks like universities (well at least some universities) are addressing the gender imbalance in their enrollment. This should start to resolve the "pipeline problem" (if indeed there is such a problem). If graduates start to look more diverse, do you think that the industry will automatically start to become more diverse? While this is one possible outcome, it also seems likely that we have similar structures in industry to the ones that were favoring men in academia. While the solutions may not be identical, certainly we can consider them as possibilities? Cheers, -- Shane p.s. I note with interest that one of the solutions for increasing women's enrollment in computer science was to make the criteria MORE DIFFICULT for all applicants. Perhaps this can go some way to addressing the constant refrain that increasing diversity should not lower standards? :)