STEM Entry Across Domain and Educational Requirement by Gender and Race (Poster 12)

• In Event: AERA Poster Session Three
  In Poster Session: Division C Science Poster Session Two

Abstract

Improving STEM persistence has been the focus of improving STEM labor supply and diversifying the STEM workforce, yet an alternative STEM career path, STEM entry, has been less understood. In this study, we used a national data to track individuals’ STEM career choices from age 13 to 25 to investigate the gender and racial differences in STEM entry rates across STEM domains and educational requirement. Men entered health STEM careers at a considerably high rate, whereas women entered physics STEM careers at a remarkably high rate. Men and women entered blue- and white-collar STEM careers at similar rates. Black and White individuals entered STEM careers of various types at comparable rates, pointing to drastic racial differences in STEM attrition.

Authors

• Yannan Gao, NYU Shanghai
  Presenting Author

• Anna-Lena Dicke, University of California - Irvine
  Non-Presenting Author

• Nayssan Safavian, University of California - Irvine
  Non-Presenting Author

• Jacquelynne S. Eccles, University of California - Irvine
  Non-Presenting Author