By kindergarten, white and Asian students are three to four times as likely as Black and Hispanic students to display advanced math skills.
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By surveying over 100 people in academic medicine, a researcher found that women are consistently excluded from important networking activities like watching sports, drinking at bars and playing golf.
A scholar warns that women will continue to be underrepresented in STEM careers unless educators focus on helping girls do better in advanced math courses in high school.
Many scientists stuck at home during university closures dealt with increased domestic responsibilities. But some groups had it worse than others.
Climatologists study data over a long time to understand weather patterns and what causes them. Biometeorologists explore the impact that the weather and climate have on people, plants and animals.
Could it be that girls aren’t pursuing jobs in computer science and engineering because society has told them that’s not what they want to do? Three scholars weigh in.
Science fields are improving at being more inclusive. But explicit and implicit barriers still hold women back from advancing in the same numbers as men to the upper reaches of STEM academia.
With 3% of science Nobels going to women and zero going to Black people, these awards are an extreme example of how certain demographics are underrepresented in STEM fields.
Lockdowns, working from home and funding cuts put a generation of Australian scientists at risk of dropping out.
We need our scientists now more than ever to help us grow the high-value industries that will secure our future jobs and prosperity.
In 2016, women represented just 29% of workers with university qualifications in science, technology, engineering or maths. And that was before the pandemic disruption.
Scientific research can be a daunting career choice for women of colour, according to a recent survey which found they face a “barrage of brief, everyday racial slights” at work.
Progress has been made toward gender parity in science fields. But explicit and implicit barriers still hold women back from advancing in the same numbers as men to the upper reaches of STEM academia.
A physicist reflects on the show’s made-up Nobel Prize-winning theory of ‘super asymmetry’ along with how the series showcased authentic science and role models for future STEM students.
First-generation college students earn substantially less than their peers whose parents went to college, new research shows.
Progress has been made toward gender parity in science fields. But explicit and implicit barriers still hold women back from advancing in the same numbers as men to the upper reaches of STEM academia.
An initiative to address a skills gap in science, technology, engineering and mathematics may be actually narrowing the pool of students who consider a career in STEM.
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Professor and Lincoln Professor of Ethics in Public Affairs, Arizona State University
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Australian Government Women in STEM Ambassador, Professor of Practice, UNSW Sydney
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Professor and Associate Dean - Diversity, Belonging, Inclusion, and Equity, Australian National University
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Chair of ARC Centre of Excellence for Quantum Biotechnology, The University of Queensland
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Lecturer in Cultural Studies in Health, University of Tasmania
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Professor of Chemistry, Connecticut College
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Assistant Professor of Education, University of Houston
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Professor of Psychology, University of Washington
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Professor of Psychology, University of Washington
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Professor of Physical Geography, University of the Witwatersrand
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Karl Mannheim Chair of Sociology of Education, UCL
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Associate Professor of Sociology, Duke University
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Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University
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NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow, Flinders University
