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Comment on Is Closing the Gender Gap in Tech Even Possible? Not Likely, No Matter How Much Money Is Spent by Pete
['Mark Perry']
Comments for American Enterprise Institute – AEI
Women’s share of computer science degrees peaked at slightly above 37% in 1984 and has been on a gradual decline ever since and has been below 20% for more than a decade.
Department of Education data are displayed for computer science degrees as a share of all bachelor’s degrees earned by men and women separately from 1980 to 2017.
In 1986, 3% of college women earned a bachelor’s degree in computer science.
Subsequently, the computer science share of all female bachelor’s degrees declined and fell below 1% in each of the years from 2007 to 2015 before increasing above 1% in 2016 and 2017.
Although the data above, especially the top chart, confirm Reges’s assertion that a 20% female share of tech degrees and tech positions may be most the realistic outcome, that didn’t stop his university from demoting him and placing him on probation.
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