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... Margolis and Fisher presented an example of early voice-recognition software initially calibrated for the male voice only that resulted in early video-conference systems not automatically focusing on female speakers in meetings [Margolis and Fisher 2002]. It is of concern that many women are excluding themselves from the opportunity to influence and shape future IS applications in business, health, industry, and education through not being involved in the design and application stages of this industry to an equivalent extent as men [Jacktman 2007]. The apparent decline in popularity of the profession as a career path has impacted student enrolments in higher education courses in many IS schools and faculties in Australia and other western nations. ...
An assessment of student achievement according to gender in core units of study of a Faculty of Information and Communication Technology program tested four hypotheses. The first of these related to the role-model effect of female academics; the second related to the advantages of formal education qualifications of academics; the third to the application of contextualized curricula, and the fourth to the use of a variety of assessment modes. Correlation and regression analysis on the data set indicated that the presence of two of these factors can significantly improve the pass rate of female students while having a benign effect on the pass rate of male students. It is suggested that information systems faculties pay close attention to gender diversity of their teaching faculty, particularly if their female student cohort is less than one in five in a unit of study. It also gives substance to the need or preference for university lecturers having education qualifications. This study needs to be replicated in other information systems faculties and schools to verify this finding.
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