Model Minority Myth and STEM Attrition Predictors: A Closer Look (Poster 8)

• In Event: AERA Poster Session Fourteen
  In Poster Session: STEM Contexts and Organizational Culture Change

Abstract

STEM attrition as an issue has garnered the attention of public policies and senior leadership of higher education institutes (HEIs). This study explored the validity and need to study Asian international (AsI) students and Asian domestic (AsD) students separately and examined these two groups of students as predictors regarding major choices and STEM attrition in comparison to each other and other known predictors. R studio was used to conduct multinomial logistic regression on the predictors. AsI and AsD students were found to predict differently on whether to choose STEM majors upon entering college, but both were found to predict consistently with model minority myth regarding STEM attrition. Future studies is warrant to further investigate the intersectionality within this issue.

Author

• Yih Tsao, Indiana University
  Presenting Author