The Women's Technology Program : EECS outreach for high school students
Author(s)
Ricket, Douglas J. (Douglas James), 1979-
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WTP : electrical engineering and computer science outreach for high school students
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
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Leslie Pack Kaelbling and Eric Klopfer.
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The Women's Technology Program (WTP) is a new residential summer school for high school students to live at MIT and study electrical engineering and computer science (EECS). In this thesis I present background research evaluating the state of the current gender imbalance in EECS as well as research describing other initiatives for improvement. I then describe the design and implementation of WTP at a level that it could be replicated by other universities. Finally, I analyze the results of WTP's first year and present suggestions for future development.
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Thesis (M.Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2002. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 47-48). This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.
Date issued
2002Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer SciencePublisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Keywords
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.