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Tracking Women and Minorities as They Attain Degrees in Computing and Related Fields Sylvia Sorkin The Community College of Baltimore County - Essex Campus Baltimore, MD 21210 USA Mary Elizabeth Gore The Community College of Baltimore County - Essex Campus Baltimore, MD 21210 USA Barbara Mento The College of Notre Dame of Maryland Baltimore, MD 21210 USA Jon Stanton The College of Notre Dame of Maryland Baltimore, MD 21210 USA

Abstract: Two Maryland colleges (one a four-year liberal arts college for women, and one a public community college) have worked to increase the number of graduates, especially women and other under-represented groups, in their computer science, computer information systems, engineering, and mathematics programs over a four-year period. In August 2004, they were each awarded funding by the National Science Foundation to create a Computer Science, Engineering and Mathematics Scholarship Program, offering need-based scholarships for full-time students with a minimum grade point average, and U.S. citizenship or status as permanent resident alien or refugee alien. Faculty mentoring, a seminar luncheon series, and career information were features used to increase degree attainment. Results of these efforts are described.

Keywords: computing fields, graduates, mathematics, mentoring, minorities, NSF, retention, scholarships, seminars, STEM, transfer rate, women

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Recommended Citation: Sorkin, Gore, Mento, and Stanton (2010). Tracking Women and Minorities as They Attain Degrees in Computing and Related Fields. Information Systems Education Journal, 8 (50). http://isedj.org/8/50/. ISSN: 1545-679X. (A preliminary version appears in The Proceedings of ISECON 2009: §3533. ISSN: 1542-7382.)