Computer games tend to be boys' games, warlike games with more violence. We have not spent enough time thinking through how to encourage more girls to be involved in computing before coming to college so they can see a possible career in information technology.

There is something exciting about being in an environment in which it's really cool to be smart.

Rich kids work hard. Most black kids aren't working hard enough.

Computer games tend to be boys' games, warlike games with more violence. We have not spent enough time thinking through how to encourage more girls to be involved in computing before coming to college so they can see a possible career in information technology.

I wanted to find ways for colleges and universities to become involved with public schools to help young people prepare for college.

I began to understand the challenges that first-generation college students and students of color have in college.

It is part of the work of education to have substantive relationships with your students.