Black workers and learners report awareness and exploration barriers to tech careers including limited diverse representation, limited social networks, and limited school exposure¶
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Currency · newest study 2024 · checked against its sources 2026-10-20 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person · recheck by 2029: baselines and conditions change
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q2 i? Participants reported not seeing diverse representation of the tech industry in their geographic location or social networks and lacking school-based tech exposure, limiting pathway awareness. → Bria Carter 2024
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Bria Carter 2024¶
Bria Carter, Britney Jacobs, Zohal Shah, Chioma Aso-Hernandez. (2024). Lift Every Voice in Tech: Co-Designed Recommendations to Support Black Workers and Learners Seeking to Enter and Advance in Technology Industry Career Pathways. Digital Promise. https://digitalpromise.dspacedirect.org/items/5dcf2bc8-f40c-4942-96a4-c4a5bda965e3 doi:10.51388/20.500.12265/219
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Thematic analysis of 18 one-on-one interviews, 4 small group interviews, 3 design sessions, and 50 viable open-ended survey responses. Participants cited factors "included participants not seeing diverserepresentation of the tech industry within their geographic location and/or amongst their socialnetworks."
"Participants also mentioned that nothaving opportunities to be exposed to different aspects of the tech industry in school (e.g., notech-related course/program offerings available in their district/ town"
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Black workers and learners report awareness and exploration barriers to tech careers including limited diverse representation, limited social networks, and limited school exposure |
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Black workers and learners report awareness and exploration barriers to tech careers including limited diverse representation, limited social networks, and limited school exposure |
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moderate |
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2024 |
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2026-10-20 |
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2029 |
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by process:wiki-ingest on 2026-10-09 |
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