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Scholarships to create video games for women, who are 39% of the players.(Newswatch)(Brief Article)

Women in Higher Education

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In an effort to bring more women into the field of video game design and more female-centered video games to market, Southern Methodist University TX is offering scholarships in video-game development for women. Working with web-based gaming discussion forum WomenGamers.com, SMU will offer scholarship recipients $18,500 toward tuition for the 18-month program.

Currently, only two of the 100 students now in SMU's Guildhall program are women. "I believe that's an abysmal percentage," said Guildhall ...

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