Broadening Participation Among Women and Racial Minorities in STEM

Terrell L. Strayhorn; James M DeVita; Amanda Pascale

doi:10.2307/j.ctt1t891n1.8

Broadening Participation Among Women and Racial Minorities in STEM

Terrell L. Strayhorn, James M DeVita, Amanda Pascale

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Abstract

Increasing the number of women and members of minority racial/ethnic groups in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM)-related fields in higher education, and in the STEM workforce, is a compelling national interest in the US. Although college enrollment rates among undergraduates, including women and racially diverse students, have increased significantly over the last 30 years – from 11 million in 1976 to over 18 million in 2006 – STEM degree completion rates are marked by large, persistent gender and racialised disparities.

Original language	American English
Title of host publication	Social Inclusion and Higher Education
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt1t891n1.8
State	Published - 2012

Keywords

Minority group students
STEM Education
Engineering Education
Higher Education
Ethnic Groups
Working Women
College Students
Mathematics Education
Social Engineering

Disciplines

Education
Higher Education
Science and Mathematics Education
Gender and Sexuality
Inequality and Stratification
Race and Ethnicity

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