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Janice Schakowsky: “The female share of computer science degrees has actually dropped from 28 percent to 18 percent between 1993 and 2016.”

On the recordMarch 5, 2019
The female share of computer science degrees has actually dropped from 28 percent to 18 percent between 1993 and 2016.
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Janice Schakowsky
Democratic · Illinois

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Discussing the decline of women in computer science education.

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