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University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

2020

Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration

Computer Science Education

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Increasing Female Enrollment In High School Computer Science Education, Zenovia Brown Frazier Jul 2020

Increasing Female Enrollment In High School Computer Science Education, Zenovia Brown Frazier

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“Women have played a vital role in the field of computer science and information technology (IT), developing some of the most essential components of modern IT” (Purdue University Global, 2018). Despite their prominence and achievements in these career fields, computer science has experienced a noticeable decline in the representation of females in industry and in programs of study. This is not a phenomenon reserved for the college classroom and/or the world of work, but is a situation present across schools in the P-12 arena, to include ZBF High School. As such, the purpose of this work was to examine the …