STEM: Center for Women and Information Technology
It was established at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) in July, 1998, [and] seeks to address and rectify the above-mentioned problems and to enhance our understanding of the relationship between gender and IT. The Center has a four-fold mission:
- To encourage more women and girls to study computer science and/or information systems and to pursue careers in IT
- To enable all women and girls to use IT comfortably and knowledgeably
- To assure that the richness and breadth of women's lives and concerns are fully represented and readily available on the Internet
- To foster research concerning the relationship between gender and IT
Center for Occupational Employment Information (COEI)
The Center for Occupational Employment Information (COEI), a member of America's Career Resource Network (ACRN), is a state agency that attends to the occupational information needs of vocational education and employment and training program managers and policy makers and the career development needs of youth and adults.
COEI List of Nontraditional Occupations
There has been a steep decline in women's participation in undergraduate computer science. In 1984, women earned 37 percent of undergraduate computer science degrees. In 1999, women earned less than 20 percent of computer science degrees. (Thom, M. 2001. Balancing the Equation. National Council for Research on Women.)