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According to findings from the College of Computing at Georgia Tech University, a mere 3.7 percent of students who sat for the Advanced Placement Computer Science A exam in 2013 were African American. And in 11 states, no African American students took the exam that year.
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Women, too, lack anywhere close to an equitable presence in tech fields: According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2018, women accounted for only one in fi