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John, June Park; Carnoy, Martin – Journal of Education and Work, 2019
We analyse race and gender trends in the Silicon Valley technology industry from 1980 to 2015, with a focus on education, employment and wages in computer science. Racial gaps in representation are more salient among programmers than in the overall technology labour force; in addition, we document a stable or increasing gender gap across all races…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Race, Ethnicity, Geographic Regions
Cusick, Theresa; And Others – 1986
This examination of computer equity argues that current educational trends--which emphasize teaching applications of computers rather than programming--will limit the computer skills of students. Added to this difficulty is the argument that some students (often minority and female students) need not be pushed to learn programming if they don't…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Science Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Patterns