Dalhousie University has doubled the number of women entering its computer science program, fulfilling a commitment it announced in 2017 in celebration of the university’s 200th anniversary.
Female enrolment numbers are now 144 percent higher than they were when the goal was set internally in 2016.
Computer science workers are in high demand and the field remains dominated by male graduates, so women represent a significant source of untapped productivity.
“We’re not going to stop this activity until we get to parity,” said department Dean Andrew Rau-Chaplin.
For the fall term of 2018,