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Improving gender composition in computing

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Combining academic and industry representation, the NCWIT Pacesetters program works to increase the participation of girls and women in computing.

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        cover image Communications of the ACM
        Communications of the ACM  Volume 55, Issue 4
        April 2012
        110 pages
        ISSN:0001-0782
        EISSN:1557-7317
        DOI:10.1145/2133806
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