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Tech Industry's Diversity Problem Starts in College -- and Earlier

There is a "pipeline problem" in the tech industry that has adversely affected the diversity numbers in Silicon Valley. Tech companies say they'd love to hire more women and minorities, but that too few qualified candidates are graduating with technical degrees. That leaves them choosing from an applicant pool that is largely white, male and Asian. According to the Computing Research Association (CRA) put together an annual report  that covers schools that grant Ph.Ds in computing; their most recent report revealed that the 2010 undergrad class was more than 66% white and nearly 15% Asian, a group which includes those of Indian descent. Hispanics accounted for 5.6% of the year's computer and information science undergrad degrees, and blacks obtained 4.2% of them. Both of those minorities were outnumbered by non-U.S. residents, who made up 7.6% of 2010's undergrad computer scientists from American universities. Click here to read more.
 
 



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