Women in CS @ HMC: Three Promising Practices

Five years after introducing three key recruitment and retention strategies, women now make up around 42% of Harvey Mudd College’s computer science program. In this Google Tech Talk video, Christine Alvarado shares the three practices Harvey Mudd College implemented to increase the number of women in their CS program: 1) new curriculum for CS1, 2) scholarship trips for female freshman to the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computer Science, and 3) hands-on research projects for female sophomore CS students.