A good URL for the NSF statistics: http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/wmpd/
Also, there's extensive information and analysis about the educational pipeline in the US (for all groups, and including K12) in the 2010 American Association of University Women report "Why So Few?" www.aauw.org/learn/research/upload/whysofew.pdf I'd be interested to learn of studies of the CS workforce outside the US. Are there recruitment and attrition problems everywhere? Allison On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 5:20 AM, Eric Burger <eburge...@standardstrack.com> wrote: > > NSF has a ton of information on this for the U.S. population. I'm too lazy > right now to dig it up, but it is there. > > On May 1, 2012, at 4:40 PM, James M. Polk wrote: > > > There have been some good numbers floated on recent threads, but at least > > for me, they aren't enough to gain a complete (or nearly complete) picture > > of the issue. > > > > Having studied statistics, we need to know a starting point, and look for > > the reductions (or increases) from that point forward. Starting in high > > school is not sufficiently refined enough, as there are a lot that take > > advanced math (personally I'd start with trig - because that kicked my ass > > - but rarely is it its own class, so let's start with calculus 1) that > > don't go into engineering. Thus, high school is probably not a good place > > to measure from. Therefore, it needs to be college. > > > > We need to know > > > > % of class (based on year started) that is female in engineering > > (do we want to start with electrical and CS to > > be more applicable to our situation?) > > > > We'll call that percent 'X' > > > > then > > > > %X of drops from engineering (BS) (or just elec/CS?) over the college years > > before graduation? > > > > then > > > > %X that enter workforce after BS in Engineering (or just elec/CS?) into the > > engineering field? > > > > then > > > > %X that start graduate school (MS) in engineering (or just elec/CS)? > > > > %X that receive MS degree in engineering (or just elec/CS)? > > > > %X that enter workforce after MS in Engineering (or just elec/CS?) into the > > engineering field? > > > > then > > > > %X that start doctoral school (PhD.) in engineering (or just elec/CS)? > > > > %X that achieve PhD. in engineering (or just elec/CS)? > > > > then > > > > %X that enter workforce after PhD in Engineering (or just elec/CS?) into > > the engineering field? > > > > This will likely track those that are entering the engineering workforce, > > and with what level of education. From that point in the analysis - we can > > attempt to track at what point there are further drops out of the > > engineering workforce by women (i.e., after how many years). Or is it as > > simple as problems after childbirth to reenter the workforce (for whatever > > reason). > > > > As an example, if there is a significant difference from those that drop > > out after their BS from those that drop out MS, then maybe something should > > be done to encourage women to stay for the MS. > > > > comments or questions? > > > > James > > >
