Love IT or List IT: Renovating STEM Paige Francis, Associate CIO, University of Arkansas Paige Francis, Associate CIO, University of Arkansas Per the US Census, women outnumber men by a hair in the United States. Within higher education, the divide is much greater given women routinely outnumber men in both college enrollment and graduation rates by double digits. Despite this, only 18 percent of undergraduate computer science degrees are awarded to women. That number shrinks further at top research universities. According to The Tambellini Group, women are becoming invisible in the thriving technology and computing sector. The very sector with the highest starting salaries, 35 percent increased the likelihood to have a job, and a nearly recession-proof industry anticipating job growth between 12-37 percent through 2022.