Taking on Tech’s Diversity Problem in Grade School

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  • Barbara Ericson Barbara Ericson
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Barbara J. Ericson, a research scientist at Georgia Tech, illustrates the importance of an early introduction to computer science to achieving more diversity in tech in this article about an organization called Black Girls Code (BGC).

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College of Computing, School of Interactive Computing

Categories
Education, Computer Science/Information Technology and Security
Keywords
Barbara Ericson; CS; AP Computer Science; Women; Minorities; Computer Science Education, Computer Science, cs, diversity, education
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  • Created By: Devin Young
  • Workflow Status: Published
  • Created On: May 16, 2016 - 9:22am
  • Last Updated: Oct 7, 2016 - 10:28pm