News Archive: February 2006
Newsletter–February 2006
February 16, 2006 Contents: - Letter from the President - The Chronicle of Higher Education: "Colloquy Live" Summary by Revi Sterling, University of Colorado - In Praise of Women in Technology Yemen Reminders: - Call for Participation and Save the Date for the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing: October 4-7, 2006 San Diego, CA - ... Read more
Too Few Female Tech Leaders; but efforts under way to grow more
by Telle Whitney Once again, a new study has emerged, this time by researchers at the University of California-Davis, to remind us of the paucity of women in the executive ranks of California's 200 largest public companies, where women hold only 10.2 percent of the board seats and highest-paid executive positions. According ... Read more
Women Turn Math Insult
into Aptitude Adjustment
By Sue Hutchison, San Jose Mercury News It's been a year since Harvard University President Lawrence Summers fired the verbal shot that was heard 'round the world and blew the doors off faculty clubs around the nation. At an academic conference, Summers had speculated that so few women are at the ... Read more