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Tech Shift Shows More Women Are Enrolling in Computer Science Classes

Many universities, including UC Berkeley and Stanford, are experiencing a significant increase in the number of women studying computer science, reversing long-standing trends of low female computer science majors in comparison to males. This shift is encouraging change in introductory classes, making them more appealing to women by removing aspects that used to discourage enrollment and emphasizing the value of computing in the real world. Making the field of computer science more gender-neutral is important as technology industries are quickly gaining momentum as one of the fastest growing fields in the nation.

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