It is available on-demand at:
http://www.microsoft.com/about/diversity/default.mspx
Click on "View the free online webcast" link in right column.
In a country with roughly 50% of the population female, only
19% of the graduates of the Information Technology (IT)-related
fields of study are female. Just as bad, 11% are African-
American and 7% are Hispanic.
Microsoft has assembled an excellent panel including outsiders:
Ali Curi, President, Hispanic Professionals Networking Group,
Carl Mack, Executive Director, National Society of Black
Engineers, http://national.nsbe.org/
Michelle Tortolani, President, Society of Women Engineers,
http://societyofwomenengineers.swe.org/
If you are interested in diversity in the IT industry, I
recommend that you watch the hour of discussion, at least the
first half which is general in nature. In the last half,
Microsoft presents its efforts to attact diversity. They kick-
off a new website dedicated to the effort:
One point that is especially important is remarks about need
to embrace under-represented students in the pK-6 timeframe,
before they have written it off. Carl Mack is big on this.
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