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Google is pleased to announce two $10,000 scholarships for female students in the computer sciences during the 2004-2005 academic year. One will be awarded to an undergraduate student and one to a graduate (master’s level) degree candidate..
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G..owes its existence to the opinions of other people
Yeah Right! LOL.
reminds me of who is John Galt?
In the 21st century, large corporations such as Google really should not be perpetuating out of date stereotypical ideas that have very little truth in them. The idea that a young woman would find it more difficult to get a degree in Computer Science than a young man is laughable these days and was laughable in the UK twenty years ago. Thirty years ago there may have been some truth in this but now - well if it's true in the US I'd be very surprised.
Remember, we are not talking about employment, we are talking about getting a degree. Employers may worry about maternity leave, etc. but not Universities (where students are concerned).
Kaled.
Certainly.
I don't know why google handle those scholarships the way they do. My personal guess is that they are experimenting. We must not forget that they are still a very young company in a very young industry. (And in a very young nation, I might add.) They do not have any real traditions yet. I think that they are feeling their way forward.
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No doubt Google researched and knew exactly what they were doing and why.
How about let's leave the gender wars at the door.
Perhaps I should clarify that as much as my linguistic limitations allow me to:
I am quite sure that Google deliberately make their scholarships different from year to year, and that these different scholarships together form a pattern, that may only be quite obvious in some years. I am also convinced that there is a rather strong element of experimentation and that all results of these scholarships - including discussions at WebmasterWorld and elsewhere - are carefully collected and considered. They want to create a tradition that is rich in variations while at the same time has a clear continuity.
Apart from that I have no further comments.
