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Women Studying Computer Science at the Open University of Israel. Judith Gal-Ezer, Tamar Vilner, Ela Zur The Open University of Israel galezer, tami, ela@cs.openu.ac.il. The Open University CS Program. Distance learning university Open admission policy High academic level
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Women Studying Computer Science at the Open University of Israel Judith Gal-Ezer, Tamar Vilner, Ela Zur The Open University of Israel galezer, tami, ela@cs.openu.ac.il SIGCSE 2005 St. Louis, MO
The Open UniversityCS Program • Distance learning university • Open admission policy • High academic level • First math courses - calculus, linear algebra, discrete mathematics etc. • First CS course - CS1 SIGCSE 2005 St. Louis, MO
Computer Science Graduates • No. of students: 818 SIGCSE 2005 St. Louis, MO
Enrolling statistics SIGCSE 2005 St. Louis, MO
CS1 – enrollments SIGCSE 2005 St. Louis, MO
Success in CS1 SIGCSE 2005 St. Louis, MO
Success in CS1 SIGCSE 2005 St. Louis, MO
Success in the first Math courses SIGCSE 2005 St. Louis, MO
Success in advanced courses in CS (no significance) SIGCSE 2005 St. Louis, MO
Graduation of CS versus CS+Management SIGCSE 2005 St. Louis, MO
Summary • About 20% of the CS students are women; • About 17% of the CS graduates are women; • About 27% of the CS+Mang. are women; • Success in the advanced courses is equal. SIGCSE 2005 St. Louis, MO