Following Florida’s Students From High School Through Community College: Sequencing Equitable Pathways

• In Event: Unlocking Student Success: Insights From Community College Research

Abstract

Women remain problematically underrepresented in computing fields. Guided by the STEM momentum framework, we leverage Florida administrative data to investigate the relationship between community college women and men’s high school computing coursework and their postsecondary major selection and degree attainment. We find advanced high school coursework functions differently by gender and STEM field. Implications for high school course offerings are discussed with respect to research and policy, especially with respect to enhancing opportunities for community college students.

Authors

• Lara Perez-Felkner, Florida State University

• Chantra Nhien, University of California - Los Angeles

• Yang Li, Florida State University

• Shouping Hu, Florida State University

• Jinjushang Chen, Florida State University

• Kristen Erichsen, Knowli Data Science