SIGCSE 2005 St. Louis, MO Women Studying Computer Science at the Open University of Israel Judith Gal-Ezer, Tamar Vilner, Ela Zur The Open University of Israel galezer, tami, Judith Gal-Ezer, Tamar Vilner, Ela Zur The Open University of Israel galezer, tami,
SIGCSE 2005 St. Louis, MO The Open University CS Program Distance learning university Open admission policy High academic level First math courses - calculus, linear algebra, discrete mathematics etc. First CS course - CS1 Distance learning university Open admission policy High academic level First math courses - calculus, linear algebra, discrete mathematics etc. First CS course - CS1
SIGCSE 2005 St. Louis, MO Computer Science Graduates No. of students: 818
SIGCSE 2005 St. Louis, MO Enrolling statistics Math courses (n = 15,389) CS1 (n = 18,426) 83%78% Male 17%22% Female
SIGCSE 2005 St. Louis, MO CS1 – enrollments
SIGCSE 2005 St. Louis, MO Success in CS1 FailureSuccessEnrollments 8208 (57%) 6088 (43%) 14,296 (78%) Male 2871 (70%) 1259 (30%) 4,130 (22%) Female
SIGCSE 2005 St. Louis, MO Success in CS1
SIGCSE 2005 St. Louis, MO Success in the first Math courses FailureSuccessEnrollments 8954 (70%) 3783 (30%) 12,737 (83%) Male 2025 (76%) 627 (24%) 2,652 (17%) Female
SIGCSE 2005 St. Louis, MO Success in advanced courses in CS (no significance)
SIGCSE 2005 St. Louis, MO Graduation of CS versus CS+Management CS + ManagementCS 297 (73%)678 (83%)Male 111 (27%)140 (17%)Female Total
SIGCSE 2005 St. Louis, MO Summary About 20% of the CS students are women; About 17% of the CS graduates are women; About 27% of the CS+Mang. are women; Success in the advanced courses is equal. About 20% of the CS students are women; About 17% of the CS graduates are women; About 27% of the CS+Mang. are women; Success in the advanced courses is equal.