Intervention Strategies at the College Level:

• Provide multiple ways of entering the curriculum, depending on the experience level, including discovery based, real-world orientation to introducing programming
• Change admission policies and marketing to feature “experience is not a prerequisite
• Ensure that highly skilled teachers are teaching introductory courses
• Provide context including real-world examples and connections to other disciplines
• Offer diverse problems and teaching methods to appeal to variety of learning styles
• Encourage faculty to talk about their research and to give examples of high achievers in the field that appeal to women’s diverse interests
• Work with high schools and their teachers to form connections