By 1990, that number dropped to 43 percent. These figures suggest that substantive changes won't happen overnight. Instead, it may take a generation or more before we notice a significant metamorph osis. However, nothing will change if women shy away from high-tech fields. Simple math shows that if the pool of young women entering computing remains small, the pool of women picked for plum positions will be even smaller.
Current numbers paint a sobering picture.
A 1994 study by the National Research Council found that women earned less than a third of science and engineering doctoral degrees in America. Without focusing our efforts, women may be left out of the high-tech revolution. If you talk with women in leading information services positions, many will suggest that you need to look beyond the disc ouraging numbers to see a deeper truth. In IS, it's difficult to get to the CEO level, but I think that's going to improve. The women who rise to the top are the ones not willing to listen to the doomsayers.