News tagged with math fields
Lack of ability does not explain women's decisions to opt out of math-intensive science careers
Women don't choose careers in math-intensive fields, such as computer science, physics, technology, engineering, chemistry, and higher mathematics, because they want the flexibility to raise children, or because they prefer ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 03, 2009 |
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Same-ethnicity mentors boost students' commitment to STEM careers
Youths from African American, Native American, and Latino backgrounds are underrepresented in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math (known as STEM subjects). Although having a mentor of the same ethnicity ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 17, 2012 |
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Women opt out of math/science careers because of family demands
Women tend to choose non-math-intensive fields for their careers -- not because they lack mathematical ability, but because they want flexibility to raise children or prefer less math-intensive fields of science, reports ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 13, 2009 |
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