Recruiting and Retaining Women in Undergraduate Computing

I n t roduct ion This paper ecommends methods for increasing female par-ticipation in undergraduate computer science. The recom-mendations are based on recent and on-going research into the gender gap in computer science and related disciplines They are intended to work in tandem with the Computing Research Association's recommendations for graduate pro-grams (see [18] in this issue) to promote a general increase in women's participation i computing professions. Most of the suggestions offered here could improve the educational environment for both male and female students. However, general improvements are likely to be of particular benefit o women because women in our society do not gen-erally receive the same level of support hat men receive for entering and persisting in this field. Parents, friends, an