document: Female computer science doctorates : what does the survey of earned doctorates reveal ? Based on the National Center for Education Statistics -LRB- 2000 -RRB- , in the 1997-1998 academic year 26.7 % of earned bachelors ' degrees , 29.0 % of earned masters ' degrees and 16.3 % of earned doctorates ' degrees in computer science were awarded to women . As these percentages suggest , women are underrepresented at all academic levels in computer science -LRB- Camp , 1997 -RRB- . The most severe shortage occurs at the top level-the doctorate in computer science . We know very little about the women who persist to the top level of academic achievement in computer science . This paper examines a subset of data collected through the Survey of Earned Doctorates -LRB- SED -RRB- . The specific focus of this paper is to identify trends that have emerged from the SED with respect to females completing doctorates in computer science between the academic years 1990-1991 and 1999-2000 . Although computer science doctorates include doctorates in information science , prior research -LRB- Camp , 1997 -RRB- suggests that the percentage of women completing doctorates in information science as compared to computer science is low . The specific research questions are : 1 . How does the percentage of women who complete doctorates in computer science compare to those that complete doctorates in other fields ? 2 . How does the length of time in school and the sources of funding differ for females as compared to males who complete doctorates in computer science ? 3 . Where do women go after completing doctorates in computer science and what positions do they acquire ? How do these experiences differ from their male peers ?
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extractive_keyphrases: female computer science doctorates survey of earned doctorates information science