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Beede, David; Julian, Tiffany; Langdon, David; McKittrick, George; Khan, Beethika; Doms, Mark – US Department of Commerce, 2011
The science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) workforce is crucial to America's innovative capacity and global competitiveness. Yet women are vastly underrepresented in STEM jobs and among STEM degree holders despite making up nearly half of the U.S. workforce and half of the college-educated workforce. That leaves an untapped opportunity…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Role Models, Females, Sex Role
Czujko, Roman; Ivie, Rachel; Stith, James H. – Statistical Research Center of the American Institute of Physics, 2008
This paper presents data covering the representation of African Americans among physics and geoscience degree recipients at each stage of the educational system. The data were collected by several statistical agencies and are here provided in far more detail than has ever been available before. By placing all the data in one place, this paper…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Majors (Students), Racial Composition, African American Students