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The More Gender Equality, the Fewer Women in STEM
Though their numbers are growing, only 27 percent of all students taking the AP Computer Science exam in the United States are female. The gender gap only grows worse from there: Just 18 percent of
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NSF Releases 2018 Science & Engineering Indicators Report
The US National Science Foundation (NSF) has released its most recent Science and Engineering Indicators Report, one of two congressionally mandated biennial reports, on the state of science and engineering investments and the workforce in the US and abroad.
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NSF Funding for Research on Broadening Participation in Science
The National Science Foundation (NSF)’s Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE) and Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR) have released a new letter announcing their continued support for research on increasing the
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Gender Matters! Teaching Gender-Based Analysis in Psychology
Psychological scientist Alexandra Rutherford discusses a project supported by a grant from the APS Teaching and Public Understanding of Psychological Science program to show how gender equality in STEM leads to better science.
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No Such Thing as a Math Person
The New York Times: When I wrote about fending off math anxiety last month I learned both from the experts I interviewed and from people to whom I happened to mention the topic that math
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6-Year-Old Girls Already Have Gendered Beliefs About Intelligence
The Atlantic: “There are lots of people at the place where I work, but there is one person who is really special. This person is really, really smart,” said Lin Bian. “This person figures out
