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Unlocking the Clubhouse: Women in Computing Revised Edition

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Understanding and overcoming the gender gap in computer science education.

The information technology revolution is transforming almost every aspect of society, but girls and women are largely out of the loop. Although women surf the Web in equal numbers to men and make a majority of online purchases, few are involved in the design and creation of new technology. It is mostly men whose perspectives and priorities inform the development of computing innovations and who reap the lion's share of the financial rewards. As only a small fraction of high school and college computer science students are female, the field is likely to remain a "male clubhouse," absent major changes.

In Unlocking the Clubhouse, social scientist Jane Margolis and computer scientist and educator Allan Fisher examine the many influences contributing to the gender gap in computing. The book is based on interviews with more than 100 computer science students of both sexes from Carnegie Mellon University, a major center of computer science research, over a period of four years, as well as classroom observations and conversations with hundreds of college and high school faculty. The interviews capture the dynamic details of the female computing experience, from the family computer kept in a brother's bedroom to women's feelings of alienation in college computing classes. The authors investigate the familial, educational, and institutional origins of the computing gender gap. They also describe educational reforms that have made a dramatic difference at Carnegie Mellonwhere the percentage of women entering the School of Computer Science rose from 7% in 1995 to 42% in 2000and at high schools around the country.

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Allan Fisher, former Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University, is President and CEO of Carnegie Technology Education, a Carnegie Mellon education company.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Mit Pr; Revised edition (January 1, 2003)
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Jane Margolis grew up in California swimming wherever and whenever she could! In her youth, she was profoundly impacted by the Civil Rights movement and has continued working for social justice and equity ever since. In 2016, she received the Obama White House Champion of Change award! Margolis is a Senior Researcher in Education at UCLA and has co-authored 2 award-winning books about inequities in computing education and the consequences for social justice: Unlocking the Clubhouse: Women in Computing (MIT, 2002) and Stuck in the Shallow End: Education, Race, and Computing (MIT, 2008 and 2017). In the latter book, she and her co-authors show how parallel dynamics in both Computer Science and swimming have led to segregation in these two very different fields. Power On!, her latest book, co-authored with her dear friend Jean Ryoo, is a graphic novel for middle and high school students about the need for all voices and perspectives to be at the design table, so that the technology that is impacting all of our lives will create good instead of harm. Jane still lives in California and still swims whenever she can!

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April Edwards

interesting and useful perspective for CS educators

Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2013

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This book is a bit out of date now, but the issues it addresses remain important to the field of computer science. The approach and writing are understandable to a general audience and suggestions for action are included. Of course, the focus is on Carnegie Mellon and that needs to be taken into account (as acknowledged by the authors). However, the experiences described ring true for me as a woman who is a professor of computer science (and who was a student before that). I love to program, and so do many other women, but I am generally more focused on writing a program for something "real" than just programming for "fun". There is room for a wide diversity of interests in cs and this book makes a pretty good case for working hard to ensure that we draw people from all walks of life into cs.

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J K

A must read for anyone who wants to have an informed opinion.

Reviewed in the United States on July 5, 2013

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This is an incredible book with a huge amount of material that should be read by anyone who wants to have an informed opinion on the topic of women in STEM, more specifically Computer Science. While the writing isn't always the most engaging (it sometimes feels a bit like a collection of research papers stapled together) the volume and depth of insight provided is well worth persevering through. Similarly, while it's also true that "the plural of anecdote is not data", the personal stories of the women they talk to are echoed again and again by women throughout the field (unfortunately) so there is almost certainly something to take to heart for all of us in the conclusions and recommendations they present in this book even if there is more that could be done to investigate and improve the field.

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Alex

Relevant findings even in 2015

Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2015

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I read this book as a precursor to undergraduate research on women in computing. In short, Unlocking the Clubhouse (UTC) was extremely well written and organized (though what else would you expect from research coming out of a top US university?). Technical jargon was almost non-existent, making it a highly accessible read to those outside of the computing industry. Further, I personally found the interview excerpts to be encouraging as a woman currently enrolled in a undergraduate computer science program.

Who is this book for? Women in high school or college that are thinking about or are currently pursuing computing. Parents of children interested in computers. Educators in the K-12 environment and university environment. Any person interested in gender inequity and/or computing.

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Delerak

A great read.

Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2017

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A great book on why women don't remain in the CS field. I read this out of my ow curiosity and it answered a lot of my questions. Saddens me that society treats women this way and forces them out of great careers. Parents need to own up to their mistakes when they raise their kids to assume a gender role in society.

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Lilly C. Irani

Eye-opening and relatable

Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2001

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This book grabbed me by the collar and shook me up. I'm a female Computer Science student and the stories in the book sounded like quotes taken from conversations between me and my friends. Margolis and Fisher describe the factors that affect the experiences of tech inclined women as they embark on and endure or exit from the Computer Science major at CMU. The writing is level-headed and socially conscious, and the experiences are told largely through the stuents' own words. It's a good read for academics, teachers, parents, women, students, engineers, or anyone interested in these groups. It's pretty amazing to see the subtleties of a culture and a discipline as experienced through the eyes of someone other than yourself.

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Good Study

Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2014

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I like this study and I think it's a very important topic. That said... I don't know who this book would really appeal to outside myself as I otherwise study this topic.

I think if you're looking for a recreational read this isn't really your cup of tea, but if you're looking for an academic source I highly recommend it.

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KJ

Some interesting observations, their recommendations were lacking.

Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2006

I picked up this book because I had observed the females in my CS department (including myself) drop like flies. I was curious as to the cause of it, but there didn't seem to be a common theme, so I thought this book might have some insight. It didn't.

They cited several reasons women at CM were leaving, some of which were interesting, but the one that made me put down the book and walk away was when it claimed that it was because women are nurturing, and computer science needs to change to be more about using computers to nurture and care for people. To me, that sounded suspiciously like "Women aren't interested in computer science because it doesn't involve babies and ironing their husband's shirts!"

Reading about the changes they instituted made me retch a little bit. They talk about specifically approaching female students and having "women in CS" gatherings. While I'm all for creating a supportive community, if my university had done this, I would have turned and run the other way. The reason I enjoyed my CS department so much was because nobody talked to me like I was any different, or made an issue of my genitalia, I was just another computer science student.

Admittedly, a lot of my dissatisfaction with this book stems from my views on gender: I see men and women as fundamentally the same, but socialized to be different. Ultimately, they're all people. It seems like the researchers found that certain types of people (those who wanted to nurture and pursue a variety of interests as opposed to single-mindedly obsessing over one) were not succeeding in computer science, and those types happened to be overwhelmingly female. They proceed to refer to these types of people and "women" interchangeably, which I feel is inaccurate. They made an effort to get more people with vaginas in the door - regardless of whether or not they fit the type of person they just described (people who fit that description who happened to be male were just out of luck, I guess). I realize they're speaking in generalities, and not all people will fit even good generalities, but I think that they were inaccurate in this regard.

I think that, ultimately, recruiting women explicitly only serves to keep gender an issue and build the suspicion that female students were only admitted because of their sex. Instead of creating a supportive community of females for females, why not work on involving everybody in that supportive community? Instead of having dinners and get-togethers for women, why not have similar get-togethers to discuss sex and gender and how it plays out in the department? Everybody's got a sex, and in addition to supporting one half of the traditional gender binary, it could also create support for and awareness about the non-traditionally gendered.

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Oobtim

Excellent look at the issue of gender in computing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 26, 2013

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Having been a school teacher for 8 years in physics, and male, I am well aware of the ongoing issues with recruiting women. However, while studying IT I decided to look into the same issues within the UK and was blown away by just how bad the situation is.

This study at Carnegie Mellon spans many years in the late 90s and emphasises the problems and attitudes that persist with the industry. It examines the geek culture and the (erroneous) existing attitude that computing simply isn't a girl thing. It goes on to highlight the drop in confidence and alienation of women, family and cultural influences and the general inertia to actually address the issue. Fortunately, it also looks at the active efforts by the university itself to combat the problem and its success in implementing interventions that have had positive results.

Since I live in the UK I have found this to be very much the same issue, but far more sadly the UK is slow at taking up the issue and dealing with it, With the new school curriculum being introduced in 2014 I think that all IT departments should read this an take the opportunity to make a positive change while the new curriculum is rolled out. Also being male it made me think hard and wonder whether I could have done more when I was teaching ICT in order to recruit more girls.

This is an excellent report for anyone who delivers computing education/training or is interested in the role of women in computing. Important parallels can be drawn between the issues highlighted in the book and the current state of UK computing.

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Greta Williams Schultz

I really really enjoyed this book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 4, 2015

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I really really enjoyed this book! Lots of interesting quotes from participants and an example of research that has made a real world difference.

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