http://witia.net/blog Tue, 02 Oct 2007 15:31:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en WITIA Director Jane Fountain spoke last week at "Mind the Gap," a conference and career summit at the University of Massachusetts Amherst designed to increase the participation of women in information technology. Professor Fountain's panel, "Leading Experts Speak: Why women are turned off by technology and how to overcome it" brought ... http://witia.net/blog/2007/10/02/mind-the-gap/ The National Science Foundation has awarded funding to the University of Massachusetts Amherst to create a Commonwealth Alliance for Information Technology Education. CAITE is a program created to design and carry out comprehensive programs to address under-representation in IT and CS education and the workforce in Massachusetts and beyond. Under CAITE, ... http://witia.net/blog/2007/04/04/a-commonwealth-alliance-for-information-technology-education/ Welcome to the WITIA blog. Stay tuned for information about women and computer science and information technology. And contact us if you have any questions - contact@witia.net http://witia.net/blog/2006/06/28/welcome/