Abstract

IT jobs continue to increase; however, the number of women pursuing a career in technology has declined. We conducted a study of incoming freshmen to examine previous course taking patterns, access to computers, interest in technology majors and reasons students opted in or out of a technology major. Males and females exhibited differences in course taking patterns. We found a significant difference in course taking patterns in physics, but not differences in computer access. We also report on perception of technology majors.

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