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Re: 'Geek' image scares women away from tech industry ? The Register

Ofer Inbar <cos@aaaaa.org> Tue, 01 May 2012 00:03 UTC

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This PBS interview with Harvey Mudd president Maria Klawe, on the
subject of why fewer women go into tech & engineering fields, is
worth watching:

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/video/blog/2012/04/college_president_discusses_wo.html

  -- Cos

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