Bryan Keogh, The Conversation and Nicole Zelniker, The Conversation
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To get more students interested in STEM subjects, teachers must break out of the traditional subject-matter silos and use an approach that helps kids understand how math is used in the real world.
Since 2016, women’s colleges have seen an uptick in enrollment. We asked the leaders of three women’s colleges – Bryn Mawr, Douglass College and St Kate’s – to explain the attraction.
When ‘The X-Files’ launched 25 years ago, many women were inspired by Dr. Dana Scully to pursue science – a phenomenon known as the ‘Scully Effect.’ Entomologist Jessica Ware shares her story.
For twenty years people had been telling me how lucky I was to be in our field of research because “things” were changing for young women. Twenty years later “things” had not changed.
Her track record suggests Andrews is likely to be a strong advocate and effective representative for the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) sector. But many challenges remain.