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1 online resource (xvi, 238 pages ): illustrations (some color), charts |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Front Matter -- Summary -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Literature Review of Research on Girls and Women of Color in Computing, Science, and Technology -- 3. Challenging Assumptions Around the Recruitment, Retention, and Advancement of Women of Color in Higher Education -- 4. Increasing Recruitment, Retention, and Advancement of Women of Color in the Tech Industry -- 5. The Role of Government in Addressing the Underrepresentation of Women of Color in Tech -- 6. Alternative Pathways for Women of Color in Tech and the Role of Professional Societies -- Appendix A. Alliances Focused on Women of Color and Underrepresentation in Tech -- Appendix B. Professional Organizations and Programs Focused on Women of Color and Underrepresentation in Tech -- Appendix C. Workshop Agendas -- Appendix D. Committee Member Biographies |
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Demand for tech professionals is expected to increase substantially over the next decade, and increasing the number of women of color in tech will be critical to building and maintaining a competitive workforce. Despite years of efforts to increase the diversity of the tech workforce, women of color have remained underrepresented, and the numbers of some groups of women of color have even declined. Even in cases where some groups of women of color may have higher levels of representation, data show that they still face significant systemic challenges in advancing to positions of leadership. Research evidence suggests that structural and social barriers in tech education, the tech workforce, and in venture capital investment disproportionately and negatively affect women of color. |
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Transforming Trajectories for Women of Color in Tech uses current research as well as information obtained through four public information-gathering workshops to provide recommendations to a broad set of stakeholders within the tech ecosystem for increasing recruitment, retention, and advancement of women of color. This report identifies gaps in existing research that obscure the nature of challenges faced by women of color in tech, addresses systemic issues that negatively affect outcomes for women of color in tech, and provides guidance for transforming existing systems and implementing evidence-based policies and practices to increase the success of women of color in tech.--Publisher's website. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Women in technology -- United States.
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Discrimination in employment -- United States.
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Minority women -- United States.
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Women -- Employment -- United States.
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Discrimination in employment |
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Minority women |
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Women -- Employment |
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Women in technology |
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United States https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq |
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Hammonds, Evelynn, editor.
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Taylor, Valerie, editor.
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Hutton, Rebekah, editor.
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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.), Committee on Addressing the Underrepresentation of Women of Color in Tech, issuing body.
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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Board on Higher Education and Workforce. issuing body.
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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Policy and Global Affairs. issuing body.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Transforming Trajectories for Women of Color in Tech. Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2022 9780309269025 (OCoLC)1305839653 |
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Print version: 0309268974 9780309268974 (OCoLC)1288663667 |
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9780309269025 electronic book |
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0309269024 electronic book |
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0309268974 |
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9780309268974 |
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