Entry and Degree Attainment in STEM: The Intersection of Gender and Race/Ethnicity
This study focused on entry to and attainment of bachelor’s degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields, by examining gender and race/ethnicity in an intersectional manner and paying particular attention to STEM subfields. The intersectional analysis extends previous r...
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| description | This study focused on entry to and attainment of bachelor’s degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields, by examining gender and race/ethnicity in an intersectional manner and paying particular attention to STEM subfields. The intersectional analysis extends previous research findings that female students are more likely to persist in college once they are in a STEM field and further reveals that racial minority women share the same tendency of persistence with white women. Women and racial minorities are most under-represented in physical-STEM fields. Our analysis reveals that black men would have had the highest probability to graduate in physical-STEM fields, had they had the family socioeconomic background and academic preparations of Asian males. This highlights the critical importance of family socioeconomic background and academic preparations, which improves the odds for STEM degree attainment for all groups. Out of these groups, black students would have experienced the most drastic progress. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7403819319194a479a53ae66e641671c2022-12-22T02:37:44ZengMDPI AGSocial Sciences2076-07602017-08-01638910.3390/socsci6030089socsci6030089Entry and Degree Attainment in STEM: The Intersection of Gender and Race/EthnicityYingyi Ma0Yan Liu1Department of Sociology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USADepartment of Sociology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USAThis study focused on entry to and attainment of bachelor’s degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields, by examining gender and race/ethnicity in an intersectional manner and paying particular attention to STEM subfields. The intersectional analysis extends previous research findings that female students are more likely to persist in college once they are in a STEM field and further reveals that racial minority women share the same tendency of persistence with white women. Women and racial minorities are most under-represented in physical-STEM fields. Our analysis reveals that black men would have had the highest probability to graduate in physical-STEM fields, had they had the family socioeconomic background and academic preparations of Asian males. This highlights the critical importance of family socioeconomic background and academic preparations, which improves the odds for STEM degree attainment for all groups. Out of these groups, black students would have experienced the most drastic progress.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/6/3/89genderraceSTEMpersistenceintersection |
| spellingShingle | Yingyi Ma Yan Liu Entry and Degree Attainment in STEM: The Intersection of Gender and Race/Ethnicity Social Sciences gender race STEM persistence intersection |
| title | Entry and Degree Attainment in STEM: The Intersection of Gender and Race/Ethnicity |
| title_full | Entry and Degree Attainment in STEM: The Intersection of Gender and Race/Ethnicity |
| title_fullStr | Entry and Degree Attainment in STEM: The Intersection of Gender and Race/Ethnicity |
| title_full_unstemmed | Entry and Degree Attainment in STEM: The Intersection of Gender and Race/Ethnicity |
| title_short | Entry and Degree Attainment in STEM: The Intersection of Gender and Race/Ethnicity |
| title_sort | entry and degree attainment in stem the intersection of gender and race ethnicity |
| topic | gender race STEM persistence intersection |
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