Institution Name University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Department of Computer Science
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Program Description The Department of Computer Science at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, has no formal program to address the issues of recruiting and retaining women in CS, but they have expressed this desire in both words and actions. The depart- ment supports (financially and personally) social gatherings twice each semester for the female graduate students and faculty. They also support a grass-roots Women in CS Peer Mentor Program which is available to all new female graduate students in the department. They are experimenting with a panel discussion to address the issues of women in graduate school and encourage the undergraduate women to continue their education in CS. In addition, the College of Engineering (which contains the Department of Computer Science) has also expressed an interest in increased recruitment and retention of women in Engineering. The Dean of the college formed two committees (one for undergraduates and one for graduates and faculty) last spring to study and report on the status of women in engineering here at the university. They have made some of the improvements suggested by the committees and are considering several of the others. One of the suggestions currently under consideration is the establishment of a formal Women in Engineering Program.
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Last Update 1994

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