Demography and IS/IT students: Is this digital divide widening?

Cindy H. Randall, Han Reichgelt, Barbara A. Price, Johannes (Han) Reichgelt

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Abstract

At a time when demand for employees with IT skills is booming, there is a decline not only in the number of females entering this field of study in most western countries but also in the number of females taking computer courses[Nielsen, von Hellens, Wong, 2000]. Moreover, the gap in computer access and training for minorities is not declining [Hoffman and Novak, 2002]. However, data from Australia indicate that under-representation of women and minorities is somewhat less pronounced in programs in IT or Software Engineering than in programs in Computer Science or Computer Engineering [von Hellens and Nielson, 2000].This paper seeks to determine whether there are similar differences in the state of Georgia in the U.S.

Original languageAmerican English
JournalDefault journal
StatePublished - Jan 1 2003

Keywords

  • Access to computers
  • Computer science
  • Equal education
  • Digital divide
  • Undergraduate students

Disciplines

  • Business

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