Richard E. Weber – Communications of the ACM

Research and Advances Jul 1 1975

Discrimination in the employment of women in the computer industry

It has been more than ten years since the passage of the Equal Pay Act and Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which were intended to end employment and wage discrimination against women. Thus it seems an appropriate time for the computer industry to examine its own employment practices with respect to women.

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Research and Advances Oct 1 1974

Enumerating full-time programmers

Data from the 1970 Census and the Department of Labor's Area Wage Surveys are used to derive estimates of the number of full-time programmers employed during the years 1969 through 1973. The 1973 figure of 180,000 is considerably less than suggested in earlier reports. It is recommended that educational administrators consider whether the many courses aimed at training programmers are justified on a vocational basis.

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