Diversifying the Face of Computing through Re-entry Initiatives for Returning Women

Proceedings of the 53rd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 2 Pub Date : 2022-03-03 DOI:10.1145/3478432.3499045

Farzana Rahman, Elodie Billionniere, Vaishnavi Prashant Subhedar

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Recruitment, retention, and graduation of women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) training are critical needs in our nation [1, 2]. Within STEM, the computing and tech industry, specifically some niches, are expected to grow job opportunities more quickly than others. Emerging Technology (EmTech) concentrations like cybersecurity, data science, mobile development, machine learning, and cloud computing will have thousands of jobs in the next decade which will require a large pool of technical professionals. EmTech can use the largest untapped talent pool of women and returning women to fill the gap in the workforce. Hence, to understand the barriers and challenges faced by returning women to (re-) enter computing and tech fields, a three-day virtual conference, NSF RESET, was organized in March 2021. In this poster, we present the preliminary results on conference attendees' satisfaction level and effectiveness in facilitating resources to (re-)enter EmTech educational and professional pipeline.

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通过为返乡妇女提供重返工作岗位的倡议，使计算机的面貌多样化

女性在科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)培训中的招聘、保留和毕业是我们国家的关键需求[1,2]。在STEM中，计算和技术行业，特别是一些利基行业，预计将比其他行业更快地增加就业机会。未来十年，网络安全、数据科学、移动开发、机器学习和云计算等新兴技术(EmTech)领域将产生数千个工作岗位，这将需要大量的技术专业人才。EmTech可以利用最大的未开发女性人才库和返乡女性来填补劳动力缺口。因此，为了了解女性重返(重新)进入计算和技术领域所面临的障碍和挑战，NSF于2021年3月组织了为期三天的虚拟会议——NSF RESET。在这张海报中，我们展示了与会者对会议的满意度的初步结果，以及在促进资源(重新)进入机电科技教育和专业渠道方面的有效性。

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