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SIGCSE 2005 St. Louis, MOSIGCSE 2005 St. Louis, MO
Women Studying Computer
Science at the Open University
of Israel
Women Studying Computer
Science at the Open University
of IsraelJudith Gal-Ezer, Tamar Vilner, Ela Zur
The Open University of Israelgalezer, tami, [email protected]
Judith Gal-Ezer, Tamar Vilner, Ela ZurThe Open University of Israel
galezer, tami, [email protected]
SIGCSE 2005 St. Louis, MOSIGCSE 2005 St. Louis, MO
The Open UniversityCS Program
The Open UniversityCS Program
Distance learning universityOpen admission policyHigh academic levelFirst math courses - calculus,
linear algebra, discrete mathematics etc.
First CS course - CS1
Distance learning universityOpen admission policyHigh academic levelFirst math courses - calculus,
linear algebra, discrete mathematics etc.
First CS course - CS1
SIGCSE 2005 St. Louis, MOSIGCSE 2005 St. Louis, MO
Computer Science Graduates
Computer Science Graduates
No. of students: 818 No. of students: 818
67883%
14017%
male
female
SIGCSE 2005 St. Louis, MOSIGCSE 2005 St. Louis, MO
Enrolling statistics
CS1
(n = 18,426)
Math courses
(n = 15,389)
Male78%83%
Female22%17%
SIGCSE 2005 St. Louis, MOSIGCSE 2005 St. Louis, MO
CS1 – enrollmentsCS1 – enrollments
0%10%
20%30%40%
50%60%70%
80%90%
2001 2002 2003 2004
male female
SIGCSE 2005 St. Louis, MOSIGCSE 2005 St. Louis, MO
Success in CS1Success in CS1
EnrollmentsSuccessFailure
Male14,296(78%)
6088(43%)
8208(57%)
Female4,130(22%)
1259(30%)
2871(70%)
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Success in CS1Success in CS1
0%5%
10%15%20%25%30%35%40%45%50%
2001 2002 2003 2004
male female
SIGCSE 2005 St. Louis, MOSIGCSE 2005 St. Louis, MO
Success in the first Math courses
Success in the first Math courses
EnrollmentsSuccessFailure
Male12,737(83%)
3783(30%)
8954(70%)
Female2,652(17%)
627(24%)
2025(76%)
SIGCSE 2005 St. Louis, MOSIGCSE 2005 St. Louis, MO
Success in advanced courses in CS (no
significance)
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
Male Female
SIGCSE 2005 St. Louis, MOSIGCSE 2005 St. Louis, MO
Graduation of CS versus CS+Management
Graduation of CS versusCS+Management
CSCS + Management
Male678 (83%)297 (73%)
Female140 (17%)111 (27%)
Total818408
SIGCSE 2005 St. Louis, MOSIGCSE 2005 St. Louis, MO
SummarySummaryAbout 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.
