by Mark Muckenfuss, Press Enterprise
Women are fleeing the lab in larger numbers than men. Despite years of effort to encourage female students to pursue degrees in science, technology, engineering and math – so called STEM fields – a new study by researchers at the University of Missouri finds that gender is a primary indicator in dropout rates for college programs. Education professor Lisa Floresand her team are in the midst of a five-year study of 12 engineering colleges. Preliminary results indicate that while dropout rates seem to vary little along ethnic lines, there is a distinct difference between men and women. No numbers were provided with the preliminary findings.
http://www.pe.com/articles/women-807778-stem-students.html
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