Is the Gender Gap Narrowing in Higher Education Computing Studies the Case of Norway, Spain, and Tunisia

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dc.contributor.authorColomo-Palacios, Ricardo
dc.contributor.authorYahia, Nesrine Ben
dc.contributor.authorLarrucea, Xabier
dc.contributor.authorCasado-Lumbreras, Cristina
dc.contributor.institutionTecnalia Research & Innovation
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-24T12:08:48Z
dc.date.available2024-07-24T12:08:48Z
dc.date.issued2020-11
dc.descriptionPublisher Copyright: © 2013 IEEE.
dc.description.abstractTraditionally, women have been underrepresented in Computing studies. The discipline is male-dominated in spite of the efforts promoting the participation of women in the field, both in the student base and in the professional arena. Literature underlined that student attraction and professional retention are aspects to analyse in a sound way in order to build strong and grounded theories for this complex misbalance phenomenon. In this scenario, authors study the gender gap in computing education by collecting data such as female students enrolled in one of the mandatory courses and female members of faculty. In addition to this data, socio-economic factors such as Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and unemployment rate of the countries under study were considered. Results show that the gender gap in computing studies is not narrowing significantly despite the measures that were undertaken. In an attempt to explain the gender gap by considering macroeconomic variables, authors highlight the complexness of the phenomenon. Authors believe that there is not a single answer or explanation to this imbalance and a variety of aspects from values to culture and from economy to expectations need to be analysed in order to bring answers and possible solutions to this tangible problem.en
dc.description.sponsorshipManuscript received September 1, 2019; revised November 26, 2019; accepted March 5, 2020. Date of publication October 22, 2020; date of current version November 16, 2020. (Spanish version received September 8, 2020; revised September 28, 2020; accepted September 28, 2020). This work was supported by the ERASMUS + KA2 Information Technology Governance for Tunisian Universities under Grant 561614-EPP-1-2015-1-ES-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP. (Corresponding author: Ricardo Colomo-Palacios.) Ricardo Colomo-Palacios is with the Department of Computer Sciences, Østfold University College, 1783 Halden, Norway (e-mail: ricardo.colomo-palacios@hiof.no).
dc.description.statusPeer reviewed
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dc.identifier.citationColomo-Palacios , R , Yahia , N B , Larrucea , X & Casado-Lumbreras , C 2020 , ' Is the Gender Gap Narrowing in Higher Education Computing Studies the Case of Norway, Spain, and Tunisia ' , Revista Iberoamericana de Tecnologias del Aprendizaje , vol. 15 , no. 4 , 9236639 , pp. 336-343 . https://doi.org/10.1109/RITA.2020.3033211
dc.identifier.doi10.1109/RITA.2020.3033211
dc.identifier.issn1932-8540
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11556/3908
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofRevista Iberoamericana de Tecnologias del Aprendizaje
dc.relation.projectIDERASMUS + KA2 Information Technology Governance for Tunisian Universities, 561614-EPP-1-2015-1-ES-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.subject.keywordsgender equality
dc.subject.keywordsGender issues in computer science
dc.subject.keywordswomen in ICT
dc.subject.keywordsEducation
dc.subject.keywordsGeneral Engineering
dc.subject.keywordsSDG 5 - Gender Equality
dc.subject.keywordsSDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
dc.subject.keywordsSDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals
dc.titleIs the Gender Gap Narrowing in Higher Education Computing Studies the Case of Norway, Spain, and Tunisiaen
dc.typejournal article
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