Peer mentoring female computing students—does it make a difference?

Abstract

This paper briejly &scribes a peer mentoring scheme which was adopfed to improve the retention rate of female students in an undergraduate Buriness Compzting course. A detailed evaluation of the program foI1ows. l%e ewdti-on considers both the experiences of the participating young women and tkeir retti”on rak l%is rete~”on rate is compared with the retention rate of students not participating in the intervention stnr.tegy.