1. 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, ela@cs.openu.ac.il Judith Gal-Ezer, Tamar Vilner, Ela Zur The Open University of Israel galezer, tami, ela@cs.openu.ac.il

2. 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

3. SIGCSE 2005 St. Louis, MO Computer Science Graduates No. of students: 818

4. SIGCSE 2005 St. Louis, MO Enrolling statistics Math courses (n = 15,389) CS1 (n = 18,426) 83%78% Male 17%22% Female

5. SIGCSE 2005 St. Louis, MO CS1 – enrollments

6. 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

7. SIGCSE 2005 St. Louis, MO Success in CS1

8. 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

9. SIGCSE 2005 St. Louis, MO Success in advanced courses in CS (no significance)

10. SIGCSE 2005 St. Louis, MO Graduation of CS versus CS+Management CS + ManagementCS 297 (73%)678 (83%)Male 111 (27%)140 (17%)Female 408818Total

11. 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.