Women in computing - take 2.  Commun. ACM 01/2009; 52:68-76.
DOI:10.1145/1461928.1461947 Source: DBLP  ABSTRACT Around the
world, women have made some progress in the field of computing
over the past decade. Women now play a heightened role in
technology leadership, and they have gained representation at
many important points in organizational hierarchies. The
proportion of undergraduate computer science degrees received by
women has declined sharply -- from 37% in 1985 to 22% in 2005.
Over more than a decade, a host of initiatives has evolved to
increase and sustain the participation of women, at all levels
of academia, in computing. At the faculty level, the primary
goals are to recruit more women faculty and ensure that they
ultimately achieve tenure and promotion. Improving women's
representation in computing must also entail more enlightened
governmental institutions and policies. Every computing
professional, male and female alike, can contribute to the
increased participation of women in the field. Lon