I recently read this interview with Judith Spritz, who runs "Sprinternship" programs for women in tech. https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/public-and-social-sector...

Basically, participants do a 2- or 3-week sprint during an academic break, and then companies have the option to bring them on for a full summer internship.

Why is this important for representation?

All the research shows that the single largest predictor of a student landing a job within six months of graduating is whether they had a paid tech internship.

But what challenges were underrepresented students facing?

What it boiled down to is that all those things are the result of the “privilege of free time,” when you’re not working one or more jobs as you go through college to support yourself, sometimes to support your family. In essence, the companies were looking for things on résumés that were more attributes of privilege than they were of potential.