The Women's Technology Program : EECS outreach for high school students

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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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Abstract
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
2002
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/16972
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Keywords
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
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