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Employment and Wage Gaps among Recent Canadian Male and Female Postsecondary Graduates
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Jehn, Anthony; Walters, David; Howells, Stephanie – Higher Education Policy, 2021
Level of postsecondary schooling and field of study remain significant markers of social stratification. However, the extent to which these various types of postsecondary schooling influence the labor market outcomes of recent male and female graduates is unknown. Drawing on data from Statistics Canada's 2013 National Graduates Survey, we examine…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Salary Wage Differentials, College Graduates, Engineering Education
A Comparison of Self-Perceived Employability of Graduates from Public and Private Universities of Punjab
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Saher, Ummara; Hussain Ch., Abid – Bulletin of Education and Research, 2019
The study aimed to compare the level of self-perceived employability of public and private sector university graduates. It was a descriptive and cross sectional survey. Population of the study was university graduating students enrolled in final year/ semester. Multi-stage purposive sampling was used to collect data from ten universities; five…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Employment Potential, College Graduates, Universities
Gender and Performance in Computer Science
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Wagner, Isabel – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2016
The term "gender gap" refers to the significant underrepresentation of females in many subjects. In Computer Science, the gender gap exists at all career levels. In this article, we study whether there is a performance gap in addition to the gender gap. To answer this question, we analyzed statistical data on student performance in…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Academic Achievement, Computer Science Education, College Students
Learning Styles of ICT Specialisation Students: Do Differences in Disciplines Exist?
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de Salas, Kristy; Lewis, Ian; Dermoudy, Julian – Australian Educational Computing, 2014
Within existing ICT degrees there is a widely-held belief that content must be tailored for different "kinds" of students--often two differing student groups: a technical group requiring detailed Computer Science knowledge and a separate group requiring less technical, more strategic ICT knowledge and skills. Our institution has produced…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Computer Science, Information Technology, Technological Literacy
Learning Machine Learning: A Case Study
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Lavesson, N. – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2010
This correspondence reports on a case study conducted in the Master's-level Machine Learning (ML) course at Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden. The students participated in a self-assessment test and a diagnostic test of prerequisite subjects, and their results on these tests are correlated with their achievement of the course's learning…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Diagnostic Tests, Foreign Countries, Self Evaluation (Individuals)
Studying Computer Science in a Multidisciplinary Degree Programme: Freshman Students' Orientation, Knowledge, and Background
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Kautz, Karlheinz; Kofoed, Uffe – Journal of Information Technology Education, 2004
Teachers at universities are facing an increasing disparity in students' prior IT knowledge and, at the same time, experience a growing disengagement of the students with regard to involvement in study activities. As computer science teachers in a joint programme in computer science and business administration, we made a number of similar…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Student Attitudes, Business Administration, Prior Learning