UW awarded for raising number of computer science degrees for woman

Harrison Lee • Feb 6, 2018

Feb 6, 2018

Republish Article

You can republish articles in print or online. Simply copy the HTML below, which includes our tracking pixel, all paragraph styles and hyperlinks, the author byline, and credit to Cascade PBS. Republishing of the photos or videos embedded in an article can occur only if the photo or video is a copyright of Cascade Public Media ("CPM") and not of a third party. Photos and videos that are a copyright of CPM are not required to appear in the republished article, but if they are used, they must be embedded where they appear in the original article and must include the attribution to the CPM photographer.

You may reprint in any medium
You may edit only for tense and timeliness
If republishing in print you can edit for length if you follow our print republishing guidelines.
You may write your own headline
Include a byline and shirttail with credit and link to Cascade PBS
Include our tracking pixel
Remove if we ask

          <article>
            <header>
              <hgroup>
                <h1>UW awarded for raising number of computer science degrees for woman</h1>
                <h2><p>Last year, reports Xconomy.com, the University of Washington granted 30 percent of its undergraduate degrees in computer science to women. That's a substantial boost from 2005 when only 15 percent of computer science bachelor’s degree went to females. Taking note, the National Center for Women and</p></h2>
              </hgroup>
               <p>By <a href="/author/harrison-lee-crosscut-com/">Harrison Lee</a></p> 
              <p><time datetime="2025-02-04T05:00:00-08:00">Feb 6, 2018</time></p>
            </header>
            <p>Last year, reports Xconomy.com, the University of Washington <a href="http://www.xconomy.com/seattle/2015/05/21/uw-recognized-for-promoting-women-in-computer-science/?ref=avalancheghost.one">granted</a> 30 percent of its undergraduate degrees in computer science to women. That's a substantial boost from 2005 when only 15 percent of computer science bachelor’s degree went to females. Taking note, the National Center for Women and Information Technology, gave the UW the “grand prize” in its first NCWIT Extension Services Transformation Awards. “These accomplishments,” said Lucy Sander, NCWIT co-founder and CEO, “are the result of strategic, well-planned recruiting and retention efforts.”</p>
          </article>

Last year, reports Xconomy.com, the University of Washington granted 30 percent of its undergraduate degrees in computer science to women. That's a substantial boost from 2005 when only 15 percent of computer science bachelor’s degree went to females. Taking note, the National Center for Women and Information Technology, gave the UW the “grand prize” in its first NCWIT Extension Services Transformation Awards. “These accomplishments,” said Lucy Sander, NCWIT co-founder and CEO, “are the result of strategic, well-planned recruiting and retention efforts.”

Our members' donations make local journalism happen.

Support once for $1

Support monthly for $7

Cascade PBS Passport
Mossback members-only newsletter
Print Viewer Guide (opt-in)

Support monthly for $25

Invitation to quarterly news and original programming video conference
Annual in-person meet-up with news & programming teams
Special event perks (reduced price or free tickets, cocktails, etc.)

Continue

By Harrison Lee

Harrison Lee is an editorial intern at Crosscut. He is a senior at Seattle Academy. He has had journalistic experience working with Microsoft in Bangalore, India. In Seattle, he produced an investigat