ITWF: Cross Ethnic Differences in Undergraduate Women's Preference for Information Technology

ITWF：本科女性对信息技术偏好的跨种族差异

• 批准号: 0305898
• 负责人: Roli Varma
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of New Mexico
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-09-01 至 2007-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0305898&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: ITWF; Cross; Ethnic; Differences; Undergraduate

ABSTRACTInformation Technology Workforce (ITWF) - FY03Proposal ID: EIA-0305898Investigator: Roli Varma and Deepak KapurInstitution: University of New MexicoTitle: The Cross Ethnic Differences in Undergraduate Women's Preference for Information TechnologyThe University of New Mexico has received an IWF award to support a continuation of the ITWF-funded one-year pilot led by Roli Varma entitled "Why So Few Women in Information Technology: A Comparative Study" (EIA-0120055). The pilot focused on the following two questions along gender and ethnic lines: (i) Why do women who have the potential to succeed in the study of IT disciplines take alternative educational paths?(ii) What barriers and obstacles must be overcome to attract more women to IT education?The pilot utilized the technique of ethnographic interviews to acquire primary data on the subject. Over 65 undergraduate students in different ethnic groups, majoring in computer science or computer engineering, in 4 minority-serving institutions were interviewed. Preliminary findings confirmed for women and minorities in science and engineering and IT issues such as: (i) the digital divide, (ii) a confidence gap in mathematics and IT; (iii) subtle biases in early socialization; (iv) the masculine environment; and (v) lack of role models and mentoring. Preliminary findings also revealed that: (i) students' perception of IT as white and male-oriented was outweighed by job opportunities in IT; (ii) students who switched from CS and CE, remained within IT-related areas, because they offered better job prospects and economic gains; (iii) students experienced technical difficulties because of lack of experience with debugging skills and inadequate problem solving skills; (iv) students had poor time management skills especially when they did not have their family's financial support for education and thus had to work part-time to support their studies. The full study will have approximately 170 participants and will take place in 5 additional Minority Serving Institutions. By including the examination of ethnicity as well as gender as a factor, the full study aims both at deepening understanding of women's choices and at extending understanding of these choices as expressed in the literature. Cross-gender and cross-cultural comparison will provide a better understanding of the issues related to the lack of participation by women in IT disciplines and careers, and will shed light on the possible differential contribution of ethnicity to gender based choices.

摘要信息技术劳动力 (ITWF) - 2003 财年提案 ID：EIA-0305898 调查员：Roli Varma 和 Deepak Kapur 机构：新墨西哥大学标题：本科女性对信息技术偏好的跨种族差异新墨西哥大学获得了 IWF 奖项，以支持继续由 Roli 领导的由 ITWF 资助的为期一年的试点项目 Varma 的标题是“为什么信息技术领域的女性如此之少：一项比较研究”(EIA-0120055)。 该试点项目重点关注以下两个性别和种族问题：(i) 为什么有潜力在 IT 学科学习中取得成功的女性会选择其他教育路径？(ii) 必须克服哪些障碍和障碍才能吸引更多女性接受 IT 教育？该试点项目利用民族志访谈技术来获取有关该主题的主要数据。 采访了 4 所少数民族院校超过 65 名来自不同民族、计算机科学或计算机工程专业的本科生。 初步调查结果证实了女性和少数族裔在科学、工程和 IT 问题上的表现，例如：(i) 数字鸿沟，(ii) 数学和 IT 方面的信心差距； (iii) 早期社会化中的微妙偏差； (iv) 男性环境； (v) 缺乏榜样和指导。 初步调查结果还显示：(i) 学生对信息技术的看法是白人和男性为主，但信息技术的就业机会超过了学生的看法； (ii) 从 CS 和 CE 转行的学生仍留在 IT 相关领域，因为这些领域提供了更好的就业前景和经济收益； (iii) 学生因缺乏调试技巧和解决问题的能力不足而遇到技术困难； (iv) 学生的时间管理能力较差，尤其是当他们没有家庭的教育经济支持时，因此不得不兼职工作来支持学业。完整的研究将有大约 170 名参与者，并将在另外 5 个少数族裔服务机构中进行。 通过将种族和性别作为一个因素进行考察，全面的研究旨在加深对妇女选择的理解，并扩大对文献中表达的这些选择的理解。 跨性别和跨文化比较将有助于更好地理解与女性缺乏 IT 学科和职业参与相关的问题，并将揭示种族对基于性别的选择可能产生的不同影响。