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Multiple women also pointed to gender differences in college work habits that may also deter undergraduate women from concentrating in CS.
Several undergraduate women involved in CS said that factors leading to the gender imbalance at Harvard include social pressures and men’s broader exposure to the topic in the time leading up to college.
Worse, these same students later face de facto discrimination when applying for jobs for which an internship is deemed a stepping-stone. The majority of firms expressly cited “relevant work experience in the form of internships” as the primary motivation to hire a...
Education Portal Coordinator Meaghan C. Fay also emphasizes the role the mentors have in fostering excitement about college among the young students it serves.
“It’s fantastic to have Harvard students introducing these kids to the idea of college at a very early age,” Fay says.