Professors at Northwestern first helped Mr. Shah and Ms. Agarwal. And the founders “bootstrapped,” or self-funded, their enterprise during the recession. “In 2008-2009, we slowed down,” Ms. Agarwal said, “so we had to reconnect to our journey, which was our passion for changing health care.” With...
Last month, Qualcomm Incorporated agreed to pay $19.5 million to settle a gender discrimination class action suit—the latest high-profile case to hit headlines and make tech companies reevaluate their own hiring and retention practices. As tech giants release employee statistics and draw criticism against their overwhelmingly...
Dr. Telle Whitney leads the Anita Borg Institute There was once a time — the mid-1980s, to be precise — when women were earning close to 40% of the country’s undergraduate degrees in computer science. That’s not gender parity, but it seems tremendous compared to where...
From Snapchat to Tumblr—our young people are naturally conversant with technology and online environments. But comfort with technology isn't enough to be prepared or get recruited for a job in Northern California. It takes a high-quality education with expectations calibrated to market demands. To...
When he was just a senator from Illinois, Barack Obama ran for President on the platform that college should be affordable to anyone who wants to go. Now that he holds the office, his approach has shifted ever so slightly. College should be affordable, yes, but...